A man has been re-arrested by Gardaí investigating the discovery of a body off Slieve League in County Donegal.
The body of a man in his 60s was recovered from the water off the Donegal cliffs on July 3rd after a week-long search operation
Throughout the search, investigators were concerned a missing person been seriously assaulted and were treating the investigation as a potential murder case.
After the body was recovered, a post-mortem was carried out; however, the results were not released for operational reasons.
A man and a woman were arrested early on in the investigation; however, they were released without charge with a file to be prepared for the DPP.
This morning Gardaí said a man in his 30s had been re-arrested.
He was picked up this morning and is being questioned at a Garda station in the Northwestern region.
A Garda spokesman said: “A male individual in his 30s has been rearrested by Gardaí as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged assault that reportedly took place in the Slieve League/Killybegs area of County Donegal between Saturday, June 24, 2023, and Sunday, June 25, 2023.”
