A man in his 30s is due to appear in court tomorrow morning charged in relation to the death of Elzbieta Piotrowska in Ardee, Co Louth.

Ms Piotrowska, a mother-of-two who was originally from Poland, was attacked and died from catastrophic injuries at her home in Ardee yesterday.

The 32-year-old man was questioned by gardaí at Drogheda Garda Station.

He is due to appear before Drogheda District Court tomorrow.

A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out on Ms Piotrowska’s body.

Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis carried out a preliminary examination at the scene last night, before Ms Piotrowska's body was removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

Forensic examinations are continuing at four sealed off locations, including the scene of the attack.</s>Latest: Gardaí say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the discovery of a woman's body in County Louth this morning.

The body of a 57-year-old Polish woman was discovered at a house in Clonmore, Ardee at 11.30am.

She is said to have died a violent death.

A 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with the investigation just hours after the discovery.

Supt. Denis MacTiernan says they are not looking for any one else in relation to the crime.

The scene at Clonmore has been preserved for a technical examination.

Gardai have identified three other places of interest where they believe the suspect visited in and around the Ardee area.

An incident room has been set up at Drogheda Garda Station and Gardai are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.

Gardaí at the scene of the body find in Ardee. Pic: Ciara Wilkinson

Woman's body found in the Louth village of Ardee; Man arrested

Update: Gardaí have arrested a man after a woman's body was found in Co. Louth today.

The 35-year-old was arrested in the Ardee area and is being held at Drogheda Garda Station.

Gardaí will hold a media briefing at 5pm this evening.

A woman's body has been found in Co. Louth.

Gardaí are investigating after they were called to a house in the Clonmore Estate in Ardee at around 11.30am this morning.

The woman is believed to have suffered severe injuries and Gardaí say it appears she died a violent death.

The scene has been preserved for an examination by the State Pathologist and Gardaí have also requested assistance from the Garda Technical Bureau.

No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.</s>A 32-year-old man has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in Co Louth.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in Co Louth.

Man arrested after woman's body found in Co Louth

The woman's body was discovered at a house in Ardee at approximately 11:30am this morning.

The woman, who is believed to be Eastern European, is reported to have sustained serious injuries and died following a violent assault.

The man was arrested in Ardee following a number of searches by gardai in the area this afternoon.

He has been brought to Drogheda Garda Station and is being held under the provisions of Section 4 of The Criminal Justice Act 1984.

The house has been sealed off and the Office of the State Pathologist has been notified.

Investigating gardaí have also requested assistance from the Garda Technical Bureau.

No arrests have been made to date and enquiries are ongoing.

A local woman said "it is scary that in a quiet town like Ardee that this would happen".

"It would almost make you feel not safe in your home. You used to leave your door unlocked but not any more.”</s>A man's been held in Garda custody overnight in connection with the murder of a woman in County Louth.

Elzbieta Piotrowska was found dead at her home in Ardee yesterday.

The 57-year-old suffered a particularly violent death. She was decapitated with an axe and it is believed her killer was known to her.

The mother-of-two was originally from Poland and had been living in Ireland for around ten years.

The house has been sealed off and the body removed for a post-mortem examination which is to be carried out later today.

A 32-year-old man was arrested a number of hours later after the body was discovered. He was detained overnight at Drogheda Garda Station.

Investigators say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with their inquiry.

Speaking yesterday, Garda Superintendent Des McTiernan said he hoped the investigation can be brought to a quick conclusion.

“I am appealing for people to bear with us,” he said.

“We have someone in custody in relation to it; we are not looking for anybody else.

“We are quite anxious to get on with the investigation and bring it to a conclusion bearing in mind the tragic circumstances of the whole incident.”

He said he would “prefer not to comment” on the nature of the woman’s death, adding “suffice to say it is very tragic.”</s>A 32-year-old man has been arrested after the body of a woman with very severe injuries was found in a house in Co Louth on Tuesday morning.

The man was arrested at a different house in the Ardee area and is being questioned in Drogheda Garda station.

Gardaí are expected to shortly upgrade their investigation to a murder inquiry after the discovery of the body at a house in the Clonmore estate in Ardee at 11.30am.

Early indications are that the middle-aged woman suffered a very violent death and had extreme injuries.

Gardaí have sealed off the property and the body is set to be examined at the scene before being removed for full postmortem.

The house where the body was found is set to undergo a forensic examination by the Garda Technical Bureau this afternoon.

The rented property is a semi-detached large house in a cul-de-sac just outside the centre of Ardee.

The Irish Times understands the deceased woman was from Eastern Europe and the man who was arrested is also a foreign national.

Three houses have been sealed off in Ardee as part of the investigation. As well as the house where the body was found, the property where the suspect was arrested has also been sealed off and is being searched.

A third property, also linked to the man who was arrested, has been sealed off.

One local woman who knew the victim described her as “a lovely woman”.

She believed the victim had lived in the Ardee area for some time and had been living at the house where she was found dead for several years.

Gardaí investigating the killing are following a definite line of inquiry and are confident of bringing criminal charges quickly.

At a media briefing on Tuesday evening gardaí said they are not looking for anyone else in relation to their investigation. They would not say if a murder weapon had been found or comment on the manner of the woman’s death, other than to say it was very tragic.

They appealed to anyone with information to come forward to help their investigation.

Another woman, from abroad and living on the Clonmore estate, said on Tuesday she had called the gardaí and alerted them to the incident.

She said she became aware something was wrong when she heard screams coming from the property where the body was found.

When she went to investigate she found other neighbours in the house. They had gone to check on the woman and found the body.</s>A 32-year-old man remains in custody after his mother was murdered with an axe.

A 32-year-old man remains in custody after his mother was murdered with an axe.

Son held after woman (57) is killed with axe in hallway of her home

Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Piortrowska (57), a married mother of two originally from Poland, suffered horrific injuries after a violent assault.

It is believed she sustained heavy blood loss, and died at her home in the Clonmore Estate in Ardee, Co Louth, at around 11am yesterday.

A neighbour of Ms Piortrowska alerted gardaí to the horrific scene after she arrived at the house and found the inside of the property covered in blood.

Ms Piortrowska was attacked with an axe in the hallway of her home. It is understood an axe was recovered in the house where she was murdered and was being forensically examined last night.

Ms Piortrowska's son Tomasz Piotrowski (32) was arrested around 90 minutes after the murder in the centre of Ardee after gardaí searched two separate properties in the town.

Ms Piortrowska had been living with her husband in Ardee for the last seven years, and the couple were "highly respected" in the local community.

An armed Garda manhunt was launched and the suspect was arrested outside a pub in the Bridge Street area of Ardee at around 1pm.

He was being questioned last night in Drogheda garda station.

Gardaí are not looking for anyone else in relation to the investigation.

A neighbour who was calling to Ms Piortrowska made the shocking discovery in the hallway of the house in the Clonmore Estate just off the Dunleer Road at around 11am. She immediately raised the alarm and gardaí were called.

Locals described hearing the woman who found the body screaming in the street.

"I heard a woman screaming and someone ran down to me, and told me there was a woman hurt. I called the Garda," she said.

Gardaí began a manhunt in the town, and within a short space of time three other crime scenes were established.

One was at a house on Bridge Street in the town where Ms Piortrowska's son Tomasz was arrested as shocked locals looked on, not knowing of the events which had unfolded in the Clonmore Estate.

Gardaí swooped on the house on the banks of the River Dee in several vehicles and arrested the 32-year-old.

Searches were also carried out by gardaí at a house in the Cherrybrook estate, around 2km from Clonmore, and at a site in the townland of Mandistown, Drumconrath, around 8km from the scene of the crime.

"Gardaí responded to a call about a serious incident at the Clonmore Estate in Ardee. When we got there we found a female very seriously injured who was later pronounced dead at the scene," said Supt Des McTiernan at a press conference at Ardee garda station.

"That scene is preserved at this time. We have our technical bureau endeavouring to establish the facts as they happened.

"We have our State pathologist on the way and we have all the structures and investigative enquiries that we need to be initiated done at this moment in time.

"We have, so far, one person arrested. We are not looking for anybody else.

"There are a number of other people assisting with our investigation."

He stressed that there was a definite line of enquiry.

"I'm happy that it is contained at this moment in time. I don't anticipate that it is going to go anywhere else.

"We have the person that we believe was involved in the incident arrested and detained at Drogheda garda station," said Supt McTiernan.

Ms Piortrowska was described by locals as a nice, pleasant woman.

She lived at the house with her husband.

They are the parents of a son and daughter. The son lives in Ireland but the daughter lives in Poland where Ms Piortrowska was from.

In her last social media post on Facebook last Friday, Ms Piortrowska is seen posing snuggled up to her little dog.</s>A 32-year-old man has been arrested after the body of a woman with very severe injuries was found a house in Co Louth on Tuesday morning.

The man was arrested in the Ardee area and is being questioned in Drogheda Garda s tation.

Gardaí are expected to shortly upgrade their investigation to a murder inquiry after the discovery of the body at a house in Ardee at 11.30am.

Early indications are that the middle-aged woman suffered a very violent death and had extreme injuries.

Gardaí have sealed off the property and the body is set to be examined at the scene before being removed for full postmortem.

The house where the body was found is set to undergo a forensic examination by members of the Garda Technical Bureau this afternoon.</s>Update: GardaÃ­ have arrested a man after a woman's body was found in Co. Louth today.

The 35-year-old was arrested in the Ardee area and is being held at Drogheda Garda Station.

GardaÃ­ will hold a media briefing at 5pm this evening.

A woman's body has been found in Co. Louth.

GardaÃ­ at the scene of the body find in Ardee. Pic: Ciara Wilkinson

GardaÃ­ are investigating after they were called to a house in the Clonmore Estate in Ardee at around 11.30am this morning.

The woman is believed to have suffered severe injuries and GardaÃ­ say it appears she died a violent death.

The scene has been preserved for an examination by the State Pathologist and GardaÃ­ have also requested assistance from the Garda Technical Bureau.

No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.
A Polish woman, Elżbieta Piotrowska, is attacked with an axe and dies from her injuries in Ardee, County Louth, Ireland. A man known to her was later arrested.