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🗓️ 29 February 2024
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In March of 2011, 19 year old David Byrne set out to meet someone near to his home in Drimnagh, Dublin City. Little did he know that he was walking into a trap. A panicked chase was caught on CCTV, but the final attack occurred in a dark corner out of sight of any cameras. Could his killer be identified from the footage?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
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Sources:
DPP vs Marcus Kirwan appeal doc, available on Vlex
Ireland Young and Dumb Episode 3, TV3 documentary, available on YouTube
Tom Brady and Patricia McDonagh, “Teen chased down and stabbed to death by gang”, Irish Independent, March 21st 2011
Ann Murphy, “Manhunt for gang after Dublin teen is murdered”, Evening Echo, March 21st 2011
Tom Brady and Shane Hickey, “Murdered teen’s stabbing death is not linked to gangland feud”, Irish Independent, March 22nd 2011
Cormac Murphy, “Gardai prepare to arrest four teen knife killers”, Evening Herald, March 22nd 2011
Tom Brady, “Teens aged 13 held over fatal stabbing of young man”, Irish Independent, March 23rd 2011
Clodagh Sheehy, “Two 13 year olds held over fatal knife attack”, Evening Herald, March 23rd 2011
Cormac O’Keefe, “Seven teenagers held in murder hunt”, Irish Examiner, March 23rd 2011
Tom Brady, “Young man was murdered over €2000 owed to drug dealers”, Irish Independent, March 24th 2011
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0:29.7 | You're listening to the mens rea podcast and this is the story of David Byrne. The Oh, Some five kilometers from the center of Dublin City sits Emmett Court just off the Grand Canal in Inci core. |
1:16.1 | The residential development is made up of a terraced row of houses which run along the |
1:20.8 | road leading into a gated complex made up of three apartment blocks and a car park. |
1:26.0 | Despite the back of the buildings facing out onto the canal walk, an ideal place for a stroll, a seven-foot wall surrounds the complex, meaning the only |
1:36.3 | access to the apartments is through the main gate to the side of the apartment blocks. |
1:42.4 | On March 19th, 2011, just after 20 to 11 at night, Thomas Quinn was returning |
1:49.0 | home to his apartment located in Emmett Court when he drove past a group of young men on the road by the terraced houses. |
1:57.0 | As he passed by them, Mr Quinn noticed that the men pulled their hoods up, which concealed their faces. |
2:03.8 | Thomas continued on along the road, slowing down to go over the speed bump at the gate at the |
2:08.1 | apartment complex, and as he did so, a young man sprinted past his car, followed closely by one of the hooded youths. |
2:16.8 | The rest of the young men hung back. |
2:19.4 | Thomas watched as the first man who'd run past his car, reached the wall at the end of the car park and tried to scale it, but it proved to be too high. |
2:28.0 | The second man caught up with him and a scuffle ensued, which Quinn assumed was a fist fight. |
2:33.8 | However, as he parked his car and got out, |
2:36.6 | he heard someone scream, quote, |
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