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The death has occurred of Thomas (Tom) Clerkin Killeaney, Kilcloon, Meath / Kildare Peacefully at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown.Tom, predeceased by his brot.
Participants have been asked to wear white T-shirts and bring candles.
An independent post-mortem was carried out yesterday on the body of Mr Nkencho.
While a post-mortem had been carried out already to determine the circumstances of his death, the second post-mortem was ordered by the solicitor for the Nkencho family and is independent of the one which will form part of the State’s investigation by An Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission into the fatal shooting.
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It had been unclear if the current Level 5 Covid restrictions would hamper the second post-mortem, because it was feared that a pathologist would not be able to travel from England to perform it.
Stephen Ng’ang’a, who attended the vigil with his daughter Stephanie (12), said gardaí should apologise.
“Blanchardstown being one of the communities that has a majority black community, we expect that the police would know how to handle black people and would know that aggravated force would not solve the situation.
“We will keep marching on, we want justice for George and we want it now.
“[The gardaí] should apologise for the extraordinary force because we have seen instances where they’ve had the same situation and they handled it differently,” he said.
His sentiments were echoed by one of the organisers of the vigil, Emeka Ejezie.
Dublin s three children s hospitals are having to curtail services due to the Covid-19 crisis, and children due to be seen in out-patient clinics will have to undergo virtual or telephone consultations instead.