A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body found yesterday in a skip in Limerick city.
The dead man was discovered by workers at a recycling facility in Grange shortly after midday.
He is believed to have had a number of marks on his body and gardaí are treating his death as suspicious.
Reports this morning say the dead man was in his 30s and from Cork, but had been living rough in Limerick in recent days.