US police are investigating the death of an Irish man during an apparent domestic assault at his North Carolina home.
Jason Paul Corbett (39), originally from the Janesboro area of Limerick, was found unconscious and unresponsive by police in the house he shared with his wife and children at 160 Panther Creek Court in Winston-Salem in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Officers from the Davidson County sheriff's office were responding to a 911 call about a possible assault when they found the victim inside the house with fatal head injuries shortly after 3am.
Emergency personnel attempted to revive Mr Corbett, who was the father of a young son and daughter, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The sheriff's office said the Limerick native, who was a fan of Munster Rugby and Liverpool Football Club, had died from blunt force trauma injuries he suffered during a domestic incident.
A spokesman for police said that no arrests had been made, and that "no one outside the home is being sought in this case".
"There are persons of interest within the family. We are currently still investigating and waiting for autopsy results," the spokesman said, adding that police were conferring with the Davidson County District Attorney's Office regarding the case.
