Man found dead in recycling plant is suspected to have been homeless

Gardai were alerted to the shocking discovery of a man’s badly damaged remains at the Panda Recycling plant in Ballymount, South Co Dublin early on Friday morning.

A man found dead in a recycling plant is suspected to have been homeless - and it is believed he had gotten into a bin for shelter.

Gardai were alerted to the shocking discovery of a man’s badly damaged remains at the Panda Recycling plant in Ballymount, South Co Dublin early on Friday morning.

Tragically, it is now suspected that the man got into an industrial bin somewhere in Dublin City centre - to get shelter - and his body was crushed when the bin was transported.

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A truck picked up the bin and took what was inside - with the man’s body being crushed by the compacter inside. At this point, it has not been fully established whether the man passed away prior to this or not.

Sources say the man’s body was intact but badly damaged. His body was taken to the morgue for a post-mortem examination. Sources say gardai do not suspect foul play but the post mortem was well done out of an abundance of caution.

In a statement, Gardaí said: “Gardaí are currently at the scene, in relation to the discovery of a body at a recycling centre in Ballymount, Dublin 24 this morning Friday, September, 27.

“At approximately 6:40am this morning Gardaí were notified. The scene is currently preserved and the technical bureau have been requested to attend the scene. No further information is available at this time.”

In a separate case, the body of another man was discovered in similar circumstances at the same recycling centre 11 years ago. Henryk Piotrowski, 43, who was originally from the Czech Republic, was sleeping rough in Dublin city centre.

An inquest heard that he was alive when the bin he was in was picked up by a lorry and delivered to the facility in Ballymount, on 23 August 2013. Mr Piotrowski sustained fatal compression injuries caused by the machinery he came into contact with and died of suffocation.

Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane described the manner of Mr Piotrowski's death as "most tragic" and the jury at his inquest returned an open verdict.

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