A man aged in his 50s has been arrested after the discovery of a man's body in Limerick.

The body was discovered at a house on Barrack Hill at Wolfe Tone Street at around 5:30am this morning.

Gardaí were called to the property, after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance in the area.

According to a garda source, the man is Russian and was stabbed in the head.

The body remains at the scene - which has been sealed off.

The Office of the State Pathologist has been notified, and a post mortem is expected to be carried out later.