A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been remanded in custody with an order for psychiatric treatment after he appeared in court accused of attempted murder of his former employer at a pub in Dublin.
Paul Smith, the manager of The Elphin Pub on the Baldoyle Road in Sutton, was rushed to Beaumont Hospital with serious injuries. It followed a knife attack at his premises at about 1pm on Wednesday.
Neil O’Dowd, from Tuscany Park, Baldoyle, D13, was arrested and detained under section four of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. The scene was preserved for a technical examination.
Mr O’Dowd was charged on Friday evening at Clontarf Garda station and held overnight pending his appearance before Judge John Campbell at Dublin District on Saturday.
Man charged with murder of schoolboy in Dublin
The secondary schoolboy cannot now be identified due to a court order based on a recent ruling prohibiting the news media from identifying deceased child victims
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The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, Ireland (Image: Getty)
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The 16-year-old suffered fatal injuries and was rushed to the Mater Hospital but was later pronounced dead.
The secondary schoolboy cannot now be identified due to a court order based on a recent ruling prohibiting the media from identifying deceased child victims.
However, today when the case came before Dublin District Court, the presiding judge extended anonymity to the adult accused despite pleas from the media to set out the basis for that decision.
The man, who is in his mid-thirties, was charged this afternoon and brought to appear before Judge John Campbell at Dublin District Court.
The accused, a foreign national who has lived in Dublin for several years, was charged with murder of the boy and production of a knife during a dispute.
The 16-year-old suffered fatal injuries and was rushed to the Mater Hospital but was later pronounced dead.
The secondary schoolboy cannot now be identified due to a court order based on a recent ruling prohibiting the news media from identifying deceased child victims.
However, today when the case came before Dublin District Court, the presiding judge extended anonymity to the adult accused despite pleas from the media to set out the basis for that decision.
The man, who is in his mid-thirties, was charged on this afternoon and brought to appear before Judge John Campbell at Dublin District Court.
The accused, a foreign national who has lived in Dublin for several years, was charged with murder of the boy and production of a knife during a dispute.
A 33-year-old man has been remanded in custody with an order for psychiatric treatment after he appeared in court accused of attempted murder of his former employer at a pub in Dublin.
Paul Smith, the manager of The Elphin Pub on the Baldoyle Road in Sutton, was rushed to Beaumont Hospital with serious injuries. It followed a knife attack at his premises at about 1pm on Wednesday.
Neil O’Dowd, from Tuscany Park, Baldoyle, Dublin 13, was arrested and detained under section four of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. The scene was preserved for a technical examination.
Mr O’Dowd was charged Friday evening at Clontarf Garda station and held overnight pending his appearance before Judge John Campbell at Dublin District today