10/01/2014

Pair In Court Over Thomas Horan Murder

A man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s are due to appear at Dublin District Court this morning, charged in relation to the death of 63-year-old Thomas Horan of Cambridge Court, Ringsend, Dublin 4.

Gardaí in Irishtown investigating the murder have renewed their appeal for for witnesses to come forward.

They are seeking in particular any taxi drivers who may have picked up or dropped a man and a woman in the vicinity of Cambridge Court, Ringsend between 02:00 and 05:00 on Monday 6 January 2014.

On Monday 6 January at 04:00, gardaí received a report concerning the discovery of a body of a man at Cambridge Court, Irishtown, Dublin.

On arrival at the scene, gardaí found a body in the bedroom of the ground floor flat.

A doctor pronounced the man dead at the scene and the area was sealed off and a technical examination commenced.

A full post mortem was carried out on 8 January and revealed that the man had died from "internal injuries".

Gardaí arrested a male, aged 27 years, and a female, aged 37 years, yesterday and detained them at Donnybrook and Irishtown Garda Stations.

(IT/JP)

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