Deadly Ebola Virus; Suspected Irish Ebola Case ‘From Sierra Leone’

A man in Ireland who medics suspect may have died from Ebola is believed to have recently returned from Sierra Leone, Sky sources have said.

The suspected victim was a father of one aged between 43 and 45 was thought to have originally been from the Mountcharles area, outside Donegal town, County Donegal.

He was visiting his large family in Co Donegal when he was taken ill having previously been living in Dublin.

Local people said the man may have been receiving treatment for malaria when he died. 

One source said he had been working in the west African country for a telecommunications company and had returned within the last couple of weeks.