Boy (15) sent for trial accused of knife murder in Dublin

A 15-year-old boy has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of murder in connection with the fatal Halloween stabbing of a man in Dublin.

The boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is accused of the murder of Lorcan O’Reilly (21) last year. He was aged 14 at the time of Mr O’Reilly’s death.

Mr O’Reilly, from Robert Emmet Close in south inner city Dublin, was stabbed in the nearby Oliver Bond flat complex in the early hours of November 1st last year.

The incident happened at about 2.30am when he had been at Halloween festivities with friends.

He sustained a single stab wound to the heart and was taken to St James’s Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

The youth appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court on Monday when a book of evidence was served on him. Judge John O’Connor told the teenager, who was accompanied to court by his mother and another relative as well as his solicitor John Quinn, that he was being returned for trial to appear during the current term of the Central Criminal Court.

The teen was warned he must inform the prosecution within 14 days if he intended to use an alibi in his defence. Legal aid to include representation of senior counsel was granted.

The boy, who remained silent, made no reply when he was originally charged in April and has not yet entered a plea.