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31st May 2018
07:16pm BST
A man in his 70s has collapsed and passed away in a busy shopping centre in Cork City.
The incident took place just before 4pm on Thursday evening.
He was near an escalator when he collapsed and shoppers in the centre tried their best to help the man.
Emergency services were on the scene in a short period of time but he was pronounced dead before he was transferred to the nearby hospital.
The matter is currently being investigated.
CO11A1, CO11B1 and CO11L2 assisting @AmbulanceNAS with a Serious Incident in Merchants Quay Shopping Centre #cork pic.twitter.com/4T2YiREqHS
— Cork City Fire Brigade (@CorkCityFire) May 31, 2018