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Paul Healy

Gardaí set to launch murder probe after 89-year-old retired farmer beaten to death in hospital

Gardaí are set to launch a murder investigation after an 89-year-old patient was allegedly beaten to death in a Cork Hospital.

Matthew Healy, a retired farmer from Berrings, was discovered dead in a ward at Mercy Hospital in Cork in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Gardaí suspect he was beaten to death by another patient who was in the same hospital as him.

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