A 29-year-old man has been arrested by gardai in connection with the death of a pensioner in Dublin yesterday.
He was arrested in the Dublin city centre in the early hours of this morning in relation to the investigation and is bein gdetained at Crumlin Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on the body of the victim,
named locally as Eddie Boylan.
Forensic officers and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Khalid Jabbar examined the
scene of the killing before Mr Boylan's remains were removed to the city morgue.
The investigation was launched after the body of the man in his seventies was found with stab wounds to his chest at a retirement home in the Kimmage area of city.
The discovery was made after the emergency services were called to a fire at a complex for older people run under the auspices of Dublin City Council at Ravensdale Close shortly after 2pm.
Dublin Fire Brigade said that two crews from its Dolphins Barn station had answered the emergency call and found Mr Boylan's body after controlling and containing the fire which had started inside his small flat.
It is thought the fire had been started deliberately in order to conceal evidence at the scene of the crime.
A council spokeswoman extended its sympathies to the family of the deceased involved said it "would assist the gardai with any investigation.”
A garda spokesman has appealed for anyone with any information to contact the Sundrive Road station on 01 6666600.
