Gardaí investigate if fatal stabbing of man in Dublin is linked to local dispute

Sunday World

07-07-2025

An investigation is underway after the 34-year-old victim died following the assault at a house in the Shancastle area of Dublin 22
Gardai at the scene on Shancastle Close, Clondalkin where a man in his 30s was stabbed Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.
Detectives are investigating if a man was stabbed to death in Dublin following a spate of attacks overnight linked to a local dispute.
An investigation is underway after the 34-year-old victim died following the assault at a house in the Shancastle area of Dublin 22.
Emergency services were alerted to the scene at around 5.50am and rushed the male to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
A suspect aged in his late 30s has been arrested as part of the investigation and remained in garda custody this afternoon.
The Sunday World has learned that gardaí are also investigating a number of incidents in the area prior to the fatal assault and are probing if they are all connected.
This includes a suspected arson, criminal damage and a car being rammed, which are all alleged to have occurred locally in the hours before the assault.
One source said: 'At this stage all these reported incidents appear to be connected and are linked to a local feud in the area.
'One line of inquiry is that the fatal assault was an escalation from what happened earlier in the night'.
At one crime scene on Shancastle Park, not far from Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, gardaí were on Monday afternoon conducting house-to-house enquiries on the street where a house had suffered fire damage in a suspected arson attack.
The front door of the property and the hallway inside were badly damaged.
Members of the Garda Technical Bureau were carrying out a forensic examination of the scene.
Less than 250m away a separate garda cordon had been erected on the corner of Shancastle Close and Shancastle Avenue where the 34-year-old man had been attacked.
A large sheet of black plastic sheeting covered a bloodstain on the footpath outside one house where a car could be seen in the driveway with its rear window shattered.
Gardaí maintained a presence at both scenes, and floral tributes had been left at the scene of the fatal attack.
In a statement gardaí said they were alerted to an incident at a home in the Shancastle area at around 5.50am on Monday.
The man was found unresponsive and brought to John Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, where he was later pronounced dead.
The scene is preserved while gardaí carry out an examination.
The Coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist have both been notified, with a postmortem set to be carried out.
A Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed to lead the investigation and an incident room has been set up at Lucan garda station.
A Family Liaison Officer will be assigned to support the family of the victim.
The man who was arrested in connection with the investigation is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at a garda station in the Dublin area.
Gardai at the scene on Shancastle Close, Clondalkin where a man in his 30s was stabbed Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.
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