Gardai in Limerick are investigating the discovery of a man's body in the garden of a house in Castletroy.
It was found during a planned search for a missing person this morning.
The area - at Briarfield - has been sealed off and the Garda Technical Bureau and the Office of the State Pathologist have been notified.
The man is believed to have been in his thirties.
Gardai will brief the media on their investigation this afternoon.