The sudden death of a man in Carlow Town is being investigated by Gardaí.
Emergency services were called to the Staplestown Road post office before midday following reports that a man had collapsed.
He was tended to by paramedics but pronounced dead at the scene.
The services of the State Pathologist have been requested and it’s also understood that a crime scene’s been declared at a house nearby on Pollerton Road.
Gardaí say the next stage of their investigation will depend on the outcome of a post mortem which is due to take place at University Hospital Waterford.