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Man dies following assault in Dublin

RTÉ A residential street with houses and trees on either side of the road. Across the road is blue police tape and a sign in the middle of the road reads: "Gara, Bóthar Dúnta, Road Closed". A guard with his back to the camera is walking across the road and a garda car is parked on the street.RTÉ

A man has died following an assault in Finglas in Dublin in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

BBC News NI understands that gardaí (Irish police) are treating the incident as murder.

Shortly before 00:30 GMT, gardaí and emergency services responded to reports of an assault outside a home on Dunsink Green.

A man in his 60s was treated at the scene and subsequently pronounced dead at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown.

Officers remained at the scene on Tuesday morning to carry out a forensic examination.

In a statement, gardaí said that the coroner had been notified and the Garda Technical Bureau and Office of the State Pathologist have been requested to assist in the investigation.

The statement added that post-mortem examination will be carried out.

Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has video footage from the area to contact them.