Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a man’s body in Tipperary earlier this week. 

On Monday, concerned family members went to check up on Ian Walsh. 

Once inside his home near Carrick-on-Suir, they found his body in a pool of blood. 

“The body was removed to University Hospital Waterford where a post-mortem examination was conducted by the Deputy State Pathologist,” Irish Independent journalist Ralph Riegel explained to Newstalk Breakfast. 

“On the basis of those findings, Gardaí have confirmed that they are now treating the matter as a murder investigation. 

“It had all the resources of a murder investigation pretty much from the very beginning.

“Because Gardaí were very suspicious of the nature of Mr Walsh’s death; he was seen with visible injuries. 

“We understand that he died from stab wounds at the scene.” 

Garda tape. Picture by: PA Archive/PA Images.

A forensic examination of the property is underway and they are carrying out door to door inquiries, asking locals if they saw or heard anything suspicious. 

“The time period that Gardaí are particularly focused on is 8pm last Friday evening, to just before 3am on Monday,” he said. 

“The indications are that Mr Walsh may have been dead for some period of time before he was discovered.” 

With the investigation still in its early stages, Gardaí have yet to say whether they have a person of interest in mind. 

“We do know that they believe there’s going to be a very significant direction to their investigation from the forensic and technical analysis,” Mr Riegel said. 

“They’re also hopeful that they’ve been harvesting CCTV security camera footage from homes and businesses in the general area. 

“They’re also hopeful that that will give strong indications of the movements of particular people too and from the scene.” 

Mr Walsh was a popular local figure, who worked for Irish Rail for many years and was an enthusiast for all things that involved trains. 

“[Gardaí] have urged anyone who saw anything suspicious or heard anything suspicious to contact them,” Mr Riegel said. 

“They’re also looking for anyone who has a vehicle equipped with dash cam that may have been in that particular area between 8pm last Friday evening and the early hours of Monday morning.” 

Anyone with any information can contact Clonmel Garda Station on 0526177640.

Main image: Ian Walsh.