A criminal investigation has been launched and a witness appeal has been issued.
Our senior reporter Fiona O'Donovan is in Kanturk for RedFM News:
Meanwhile Cork Institute of Technology have confirmed that Diarmuid O’Sullivan was a recent student who concluded his studies in June of this year and was due to be conferred next week with a First Class Honours degree in Accounting.
The head of Student Affairs at CIT Dr Dan Collins says the entire college are in shock.