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Sunday World
4 days ago
- Sunday World
Man (30) to face court charged with murder of Finglas father-of-four Mark Carroll
Derek Boyd was arrested earlier this week and will face several other charges A 30-year-old man is to appear in court again on Tuesday after he was charged with murder at a late-night special sitting of Dublin District Court. Derek Boyd, of Scribblestown Place, Finglas, is accused of the murder of Mark Carroll (34) at that location on June 9 last year. In January, an adjourned inquest into Mr Carroll's death was told that he had died from a stab wound. The incident happened at about 1am. The father of four from Finglas was taken to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, but was pronounced dead a short time later. Mr Boyd was remanded in custody when he appeared before Judge Áine Clancy at Dublin District Court on Tuesday night and is due to appear before Cloverhill District Court by video link next Tuesday morning. Mark Carroll was stabbed to death last year News in 90 Seconds - Aug 9th Evidence of arrest, charge and caution was given by Detective Sergeant Niall Murray, who told the court that Mr Boyd made no reply when the murder charge was put to him at Finglas garda station at 7pm on Tuesday. He was also charged with three separate offences. He was charged with assaulting a named man at Barry Road, Finglas, on April 17 last year, as well as being intoxicated in a public place – Barry Drive in Finglas – the following day. Derek Boyd He was also charged that on April 18 last year he engaged in threatening and abusive behaviour at Barry Drive. Mr Boyd was arrested on Monday by appointment. He was represented in court on Tuesday night by Aaron Sweeney of Phelim O'Neill Solicitors, and legal aid was granted. If Mr Boyd decides to apply for bail, he must make the application in the High Court. The defence is awaiting a book of evidence and further directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr Carroll had been living in the Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne, Co Meath, at the time of his death. At last January's brief inquest hearing at Dublin District Coroner's Court, the victim's father, Kevin Carroll, who lives in Co Monaghan, gave evidence of formally identifying his son's body to gardaí on the day after his son's death.
Irish Daily Mirror
04-08-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
Convicted killer arrested on suspicion of murder of father of two in Dublin
A convicted killer has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Mark Carroll in Finglas, West Dublin. The man, who is in his 30s and previously served jail time over a prior killing, was arrested by Gardaí in relation to the June 9, 2024 murder on Monday. The suspect previously left the jurisdiction and has been sought by detectives since Mr Carroll, 34, was stabbed to death in a house in the Scribblestown area of Finglas at around 1am that morning. He was arrested by Gardaí investigating the murder, having returned to Ireland. The man is well known to Gardaí and has a prior conviction in connection with the death of a woman. In a statement, Gardaí confirmed the arrest, saying: 'As part of the investigation into the murder of 34-year-old Mark Carroll, who died following an incident in Finglas, Dublin 11, on Sunday, June 9th, 2024, Gardaí have arrested a man. "The man (aged in his 30s) is currently detained pursuant to Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, at a Garda Station in the Dublin area. "Investigations are ongoing.' It's understood the convicted killer – who is suspected of stabbing Mr Carroll during an argument – had been with the victim at a property near the Scribblestown area of Finglas when the incident happened. Mr Carroll was treated at the scene by paramedics and was rushed to Connolly Hospital in nearby Blanchardstown – where he lost his fight for life. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here. The Irish Mirror's Crime Writers Michael O'Toole and Paul Healy are writing a new weekly newsletter called Crime Ireland. Click here to sign up and get it delivered to your inbox every week
Irish Independent
07-07-2025
- Irish Independent
Dublin stabbing victim named locally as gardaí investigate feud link to attack
Joseph McEvoy (34), a father of two young boys and step-father to a girl, died after he was set upon at a house on Shancastle Close in Clondalkin at around 5.50am this morning. He suffered multiple stab wounds after being attacked by another man and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. A suspect aged in his 40s has been arrested as part of the investigation and remains in garda custody. Gardaí believe Mr McEvoy's murder is linked to a violent local feud which has seen over 50 incidents reported in the past year. Detectives are also investigating a spate of attacks in the lead up to his death including an arson on a car, another vehicle being rammed, and a petrol bomb attack on a house. Following these incidents a man arrived at the house in Shancastle Close and attacked Mr McEvoy, who suffered fatal injuries. The suspect fled the scene but was later arrested by armed gardaí. Although Mr McEvoy was known to people involved in the feuding, he is not suspected of having any involvement in the violence himself. 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'. Quarryvale Football Club today paid tribute to Mr McEvoy, saying it is 'devastated' by the loss of their club captain. 'The nicest man you'd ever meet and an absolute warrior on the pitch. Big Joe Mac was the life of every party, and nothing will feel he same with him gone. Our thoughts and prayer are with his family at this horrible time'. Gardaí earlier preserved the stabbing scene for examination and also cordoned off other sites in the area as they conducted house-to-house enquiries. Members of the Garda Technical Bureau were carrying out a forensic examination of the scene. Gardaí maintained a presence all day as floral tributes were 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 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. Investigating gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward. They are also appealing to anyone with camera footage, including motorists with dashcam footage from the area between 5am and 6am on Monday, July 7, to contact them. Anyone with information is asked to contact Lucan garda station on (01) 666 7300, the garda confidential line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station. Investigations are ongoing.
BreakingNews.ie
26-06-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Investment leads to drastically different productivity changes across hospitals
University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has seen the highest productivity increase since before Covid-19, according to a new analysis of HSE data. The Department of Health has launched a new dashboard which examines productivity improvements compared to increases in expenditure and staffing. Advertisement Officials have designed a 'composite activity output' which is a high-level illustration of aggregated, cumulative activity in each hospital setting and is based on the costs of delivering inpatient, day case, outpatient and emergency department care. It can be used to distil years-long increases in productivity across different types of care into a single figure to allow for comparisons against workforce and expenditure increases. Officials said it showed that some hospitals are 'notably better' at converting their input into activity, adding that they wish to determine the reasons for that. The data shows that UHL was the hospital with the most productivity change between 2019 and 2024, at up 36 per cent – although the boost followed some of the highest levels of increased investment. Advertisement On roughly the same percentage workforce and expenditure increases as UHL, University Hospital Waterford was only able to translate that investment into a 17 per cent increase of productivity, less than half that of the top-performing hospital. Still, UH Waterford was the fourth-highest performing hospital on metric of productivity increases, behind UHL, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, and Tallaght University Hospital. The worst performing hospitals were St Vincent's University Hospital and St James' Hospital with roughly 3 per cent productivity increases, followed by MRH Portlaoise – on just 0.19 per cent. This was with a 42 per cent increase in expenditure and 21 per cent increase in workforce. Advertisement While MRH Portlaoise was towards the lower end of the scale when it came to increases on expenditure and whole-time equivalents, it still under performed against other hospitals with similar support. On even lower percentage increases on those metrics, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital vastly outperformed Portlaoise with a 13.51 per cent increase in productivity. Elsewhere, the data also examines the number of appointments taken by consultants at hospitals across the country and compares that to a 2016 baseline. Nationally, the appointment-per-consultant stood at 1,686 in 2016 but has declined to 1,216 in 2024 – despite the number of whole-time equivalent consultants increasing by 70 per cent in that period. Advertisement The Department of Health says it means that consultants across the country could have 40% more appointments last year if they had been operating at the same productivity in 2016. The two worst performing hospitals under this metric are CHI at Tallaght and Croom Orthopedic Hospital. CHI at Tallaght had 16,390 appointments last year but the Department estimates it could have 2.7 times as many based on 2016 levels of productivity. The data also estimates that Croom could have more than tripled its 8,950 appointments last year by the same calculation. Advertisement MRH Portlaoise, CHI at Tallaght and Croom Orthopedic Hospital have been contacted for comment.
BreakingNews.ie
26-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Garda (20s) injured after responding to robbery in Blanchardstown
A Garda has been injured after responding to a robbery at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin. Officers responded to reports of a burglary shortly before 4am on Thursday morning. Advertisement Two members came across a man with a weapon, understood to be a knife, who became aggressive and threatening. A Garda in his 20s suffered injuries during the incident - he was taken to Connolly Hospital for treatment. The weapon was seized along with €1,500 in cash - a man in his 30s was arrested.
