Ireland Crime

Retrospective feature on the investigation: the attack timing and location, the wounds, the identification and DNA evidence, Puska's false stabbing account, his admission through an interpreter, and his arrest after release from hospital.

Reports the Court of Appeal ruling on the sentence backdating appeal, the abandoned conviction appeal, and details of the trial evidence.

Reports the Court of Appeal's ruling on Puska's appeal against the backdating of his life sentence, and that he had abandoned his conviction appeal the week before. Adds the trial evidence (CCTV, bicycle, DNA) and the court's reasoning.

Court of Appeal ruling on the sentence start date only, after the appeal against conviction was abandoned the previous week. The article gives Puska's age as 31 in the photo caption and as 35 in the body text, so no age is recorded.

Court of Appeal refused to backdate the life sentence further than the November 2023 guilty verdict date, ending the case. Puska had abandoned his bid to overturn his conviction the week before.

Court of Appeal rejected Puska's bid to backdate his life sentence to his January 2022 arrest date, upholding trial judge Tony Hunt's decision to backdate only to the November 2023 verdict date. Judge Patrick McCarthy held that a court must exclude parole board considerations when fixing sentences.

Reports that Jozef Puska abandoned his appeal over the Ashling Murphy murder. The article text is template code with no body, so the headline is the only source for this report.

Reports that Puska abandoned his conviction appeal at the Court of Appeal on 10 July 2026, that a life sentence is being served, and that the question of backdating the sentence was adjourned for mention.

Reports that Puska abandoned his conviction appeal at the Central Criminal Court on 10 July 2026, and that the matter was listed for 16 July 2026 before a three-judge panel to deal with whether his sentence should be backdated.

Puska's conviction appeal has been abandoned in the Court of Appeal. A limited hearing on backdating his life sentence to include time in custody before conviction was set for 16 July.

Puska abandoned his conviction appeal; the backdating of his life sentence (arrest January 2022 vs verdict November 2023) remains to be heard before a three-judge panel on 16 July 2026.

Court of Appeal hearing in which Puska withdrew his conviction appeal and will pursue an appeal of his sentence, focused on the decision not to backdate his life sentence for time on remand.

Court of Appeal case management: counsel said the ambit of the appeal may change after receiving an instruction, and the matter was adjourned to July 10. Puska's appeal hearing had been set for July 15 after an April 23 date was vacated.

Reports a case management hearing at the Court of Appeal on 3 July 2026 where Puska's new barrister John Berry indicated the scope of his conviction appeal may change following new instructions, and the matter was adjourned to 10 July 2026.

Case management hearing on the conviction appeal of Jozef Puska, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ashling Murphy. The article gives Puska's age as 31 in a photo caption and 35 in the text; the text figure is used here.

Reports that Puska has abandoned his conviction appeal at the Court of Appeal on 10 July 2026, and that the matter will be listed for mention on Thursday 16 July before a three-judge panel to deal with the backdating of his life sentence.

Covers the appeal stage: the appeal due on 23 April was vacated after his barristers withdrew, a new John Berry SC was instructed, and the Court of Appeal fixed 15 July for the conviction appeal with case management on 15 May.

Reports that Judge Isobel Kennedy at the Court of Appeal set 15 July 2026 as the new date for Puska's conviction appeal after barristers Karl Monahan and Michael Bowman withdrew on 17 April 2026. John Berry has come on to represent Puska. Case management is listed for 15 May 2026. The article also provides detailed background on the murder, including the 11 stab wounds to the neck, the green and black bicycle, CCTV footage, and DNA evidence.

Reports that Puska's appeal against his murder conviction has been postponed after he changed barristers, with the hearing now listed for 24 April 2026. Also reports the earlier delay in his appeal submissions.

The appeal hearing originally set for 23–24 April 2026 was postponed after Puska's solicitor engaged a new senior counsel who could not proceed on the scheduled date. The matter was relisted for 24 April 2026.

Reports on a procedural delay in Puska's Court of Appeal hearing: his submissions were over a month late, the State was given until 14 April to file responding submissions, the April 23–24 hearing date was maintained, and a Slovakian interpreter was granted.

Covers a procedural delay in Puska's appeal against his murder conviction: his submissions were filed late, the State's response was extended to April 14, a Slovakian interpreter was granted, and the April hearing was kept.

Reports that Puska has been granted legal aid for his appeal, with the same representation as at trial. Adds that objections to evidence at trial, including his garda confession and CCTV footage, are likely to form the basis of the appeal.

Reports that Puska was granted legal aid for his appeal, with the same legal team as his trial. It also sets out the trial evidence and the likely grounds of appeal.

Reports that Puska has been granted legal aid for his appeal against conviction, that Puska will have the same legal team as at trial, and that the trial judge's evidence rulings are likely to form the basis of the appeal.

Adds that Puska was granted legal aid for his appeal, with the same legal team as at trial. Gives his age as 33 and details of the trial evidence and verdict.

The article text is empty (only page template markup). The only information comes from the headline: legal aid granted for an appeal against the murder conviction.

Puska was one of 20 applicants granted legal aid for appeals on the Court of Appeal list that Friday. He will have the same legal team as at trial, and the article sets out the trial evidence and the grounds likely to form the basis of his appeal.

Puska was granted legal aid to appeal his murder conviction, and the article sets out the trial evidence that is likely to form the basis of the appeal.

Reports that Puska was one of 20 legal aid applicants granted aid by the Court of Appeal that day, and that defence objections at trial are likely to form the basis of his appeal.

Preview of a TV documentary about the case, to be screened on 4 December 2023. It adds no new case developments.

Reports the life sentence for Jozef Puska after his trial, with the senior garda's tribute, the family's victim impact statement, and details of the investigation and the evidence, including CCTV and DNA. Notes an appeal against conviction is pending.

Only the headline is available; the body is empty. It adds the mother's account that she begged Ashling Murphy not to jog along the canal on the day of the murder.

Reports the life sentence imposed on Puska at the sentencing hearing, the judge's remarks, the family's victim statements, and trial evidence including DNA, CCTV and Puska's defence account.

Reports the sentencing hearing on 17 November 2023, the life sentence, statements from Ms Murphy's family and boyfriend, the judge's remarks on the lack of a minimum period, and the jury verdict being given the previous week.

Reports the life sentence for Jozef Puska. The article text contains only page template code, so the only usable content is the headline.

Reports the sentencing hearing after the jury verdict: life sentence imposed by Mr Justice Tony Hunt, backdated only to the verdict week, parole eligibility after 12 years, and victim impact statements from Ryan Casey, Kathleen Murphy and Amy.

The article body is empty; only the headline is available. It reports that the victim's family is to give victim statements.

Reports the jury verdict, the mandatory life sentence due on 17 November 2023, gardaí's belief that Puska had been targeting another woman earlier that day, and the evidence used at trial, including his confession.

Commentary from a forensic psychologist on the Ashling Murphy murder, as indicated by the headline. The article body is not readable and gives no facts about the case, the accused, or any court proceedings.

Reports the guilty verdict, the jury's unanimous verdict, Puska's suicide watch after a suspected attempt, the planned sentencing hearing and his prior conviction in Slovakia. Includes a psychologist's commentary on the case.

Reports the guilty verdict for Jozef Puska's murder of Ashling Murphy and local reaction in Tullamore, including changes in how people use the Grand Canal Loop path.

Reports the murder trial of Jozef Puska at the Central Criminal Court, his evidence through an interpreter, his demeanour in court, and the guilty verdict. Adds that the judge set 17 November for victim impact evidence.

Reports the unanimous guilty verdict on day 18 of the trial, with details of the evidence and defence account; sentencing to follow. Matched to the existing murder case for the same incident.

Reports the jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court, the mandatory sentence and the date for victim impact statements. Puska had denied the murder.

Reports the murder conviction after trial, the sentencing date of 17 November, and reactions from the victim's family, the Minister for Justice, the Garda Commissioner and Women's Aid.

Reports the jury verdict finding Jozef Puska guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court, the trial evidence, and that the mandatory life sentence is to follow.

Analysis of the conviction: the article reviews the evidence the jury heard, including Puska's hospital admissions, DNA under the victim's fingernails, CCTV, eyewitness evidence and his unexplained account, and says the motive is unknown.

Reports the jury's unanimous guilty verdict after a four-week trial at the Central Criminal Court, and that Puska will be sentenced on 17 November.

Jury verdict of guilty in the murder trial of Jozef Puska; the judge is to hear victim impact statements before imposing the sentence mandated by law.

Only the headline and publication date are available; the article body is template code. The headline reports the guilty verdict in the Ashling Murphy murder case, which matches existing case 591.

Reports the jury verdict of guilty in the Central Criminal Court on 9 November 2023, after nine men and three women deliberated. Gives Puska's age as 33 and describes his defence that another man stabbed him and attacked Ms Murphy.

Reports the jury verdict finding Puska guilty of murder on 9 November 2023, after a trial in which the jury deliberated from the Wednesday evening.

Live blog headline only; the text gives no details of the victim, location, date or sentence.

Reports that the jury has begun deliberating after the judge's charge, which set out the evidence, DNA, confession, inference and lies issues. No verdict is reported.

The article body is empty apart from template code. Only the headline adds that the jury faces a stark choice in the Ashling Murphy trial. Matched to the existing murder case on the basis of the trial reference.

Reports the judge's charge to the jury and the start of deliberations on the verdict. No verdict is reported in this article.

Reports that the jury briefly began deliberating on 8 November 2023, after the judge's charge, and would return the next day. It summarises the judge's directions on DNA evidence, the alleged confession, the adverse inference from silence, and the burning of clothes, and gives the prosecution case that Puska stabbed Murphy repeatedly in the neck.

Reports the closing speeches by the prosecution and defence in the trial of Jozef Puska for the murder of Ashling Murphy, and the judge's directions to the jury.

Reports the closing speeches for the prosecution and defence, the start of the judge's charge to the jury, and that the jury is expected to begin considering its verdict later that week. No verdict is reported.

Reports that Puska was accused in court of spinning lies about Ashling Murphy's death. The article body is missing from the source, so no further details are available.

The article body is empty template code, so only the headline is available. It reports medical expert evidence in the Ashling Murphy murder trial about the accused's fitness for garda interview.

Covers the final witness, a medical doctor, in the trial of Jozef Puska, who has pleaded not guilty. Closing speeches and the judge's charge to the jury are still to come.

Covers the accused's cross-examination and the defence evidence in the ongoing murder trial. The trial continues on Monday, with one more witness before the evidence concludes.

Reports the accused's evidence on the 14th day of his trial: he claimed a stranger stabbed him and then attacked Ms Murphy, and he admitted lying to gardaí and asking for his clothes to be burned.

Puska completed his evidence in his defence at the Central Criminal Court, saying he witnessed the killing, tried to help Murphy, and was stabbed by another man. He accepted under cross-examination that he had previously lied to gardaí, and the prosecution said he had concocted another set of lies.

Reports Puska taking the stand, his account of cycling in Tullamore and his answers to a witness, the closing of the prosecution case, and the garda interview material read to the jury. The jury was sent home on the second day of his evidence and the trial continues.

Covers the accused's evidence at trial, the Garda interviews read to the jury, the Garda press office email and the Garda finding about the email sender. Records the accused's not guilty plea and the stab-wound cause of death.

Only the headline is available. It reports that the accused told gardaí he knew nothing about the killing, as heard in court. The case details come from the existing record.

Adds prosecution evidence from Puska's garda interviews, his alleged hospital admission, and an email confession sent the day before his arrest, which gardaí ruled out. The trial was continuing.

Only the headline is usable. It reports that the Ashling Murphy murder trial was adjourned for a day after a 'first speed bump'. The body contains no details.

Reports that the murder trial was adjourned for a day and the jury sent away until Thursday after an unexplained delay, with the trial due to resume then.

Live blog of the trial's session on 1 November 2023. The trial started on 17 October, the judge said the trial could not proceed that day, and the jury was told to return the next day.

Reports pharmacology evidence from Prof Michael Ryan that drugs given to Puska in hospital would not have affected his admissions made around 6pm on 14 January 2022. Trial is ongoing and the prosecution case is due to conclude the next day.

Covers the second week of evidence at Jozef Puska's murder trial in Dublin: CCTV of a witness, Fitbit data, a family friend's statements, Garda accounts of Puska's admissions in hospital, and DNA and fingerprint evidence. No existing record covers the trial itself; the Puska records in the list are post-verdict or about the appeal, so case_id is null.

Reports forensic DNA evidence from day 10 of the trial, including the match statistic and the senior investigating officer's comments on the suspect label used in his notes.

Court report from the continuing Central Criminal Court trial, covering the translator's evidence about the alleged confession, DNA evidence, a identity parade and hospital events. Puska is described as pleading not guilty and the trial was continuing.

Reports the ninth day of the trial, including translator testimony about phone calls on 14 January 2022, a claimed confession, and forensic evidence (fingerprint, DNA and blood) linking Puska to the bike and samples. Puska has pleaded not guilty.

Reports on the trial in progress in October 2023: a translator's account of Puska's alleged admission to gardaí at St James's Hospital, the nurse manager's evidence, and fingerprint and DNA evidence linking Puska to a bicycle at the scene.

Headline only: the article body is unusable template text. It reports court testimony from an interpreter in the murder trial of the accused in the Ashling Murphy case, dated 26 October 2023. The accused is not named in the headline.

Reports day nine of the trial, including an interpreter's account of two phone calls on 14 January 2022 in which Mr Puska allegedly confessed. The article gives no verdict.

Trial day seven. Gardaí Fergus Hogan, Brian Jennings and Pamela Nugent gave evidence of admissions made at St James's Hospital on 14 January 2022. Under cross-examination, Sgt Jennings agreed his note was not read back to Mr Puska and did not include everything he said.

Seventh day of the trial. Two gardaí and a detective garda gave evidence about the alleged admissions made by the accused in St James's Hospital on 14 January 2022. The accused has pleaded not guilty and the trial continues.

Adds garda evidence at the murder trial that Puska made admissions in hospital on 14 January, the defence challenge to that evidence, and the trial judge and jury composition.

Adds evidence from gardaí at the murder trial about Puska's alleged admissions, his alleged account of being stabbed in Blanchardstown, and the defence challenge to the detectives' evidence.

Adds the trial's seventh-day evidence: Garda analysis of Ms Murphy's Fitbit data and testimony from a witness who said Puska asked for a lift home on the night of the killing, looking wet and scratched.

Reports evidence given at the continuing trial: a witness's account of Puska calling to his home, Fitbit data on the victim's route, and a garda account of cuts on Puska's hands and forehead at hospital.

Court evidence that a woman felt a man was following her on the day of Ashling Murphy's death. The article text is missing, so no further details are available.

Trial report covering Monday's evidence from a woman who said she was followed in Tullamore, paramedics who attended a stabbing in Crumlin on 13 January 2022, and a witness who saw a man in Tullamore that evening. Adds the defence's acceptance of the cause of death and the jury composition.

Reports the sixth day of the murder trial, including a witness who said a man followed and stared at her, the defence denial, paramedic evidence of Mr Puska's stab wounds, and witnesses who saw a man acting strangely near a recycling plant in Tullamore.

Reports fourth-day trial evidence from Detective Garda Tom Dunne and Garda Shane Hunter about the scene, the CPR attempt and the blood and wounds found on the victim. Puska has pleaded not guilty.

Trial coverage on day four: paramedic evidence, recovered items, CCTV timeline, and Puska's denial of murder. No existing case matches this trial.

Adds court evidence that paramedics found Ashling Murphy with no signs of life on arrival. The article body is missing, so only the headline is available.

Trial report from day five of the trial. It gives the paramedic's evidence on the scene, the location, the court and the trial judge and jury. No earlier record for this case appears in the list.

Reports on the trial's evidence stage: a garda compilation of CCTV footage, the paramedic and scenes-of-crime evidence, and the trial resuming the following Monday.

Adds trial evidence from 20 October 2023: paramedic testimony that Ms Murphy had no signs of life, the 12 sharp force wounds to her neck, CCTV footage of Puska's movements, and the fact that the trial continues the following week.

Covers day three of Jozef Puska's murder trial, including the pathologist's evidence on cause of death and the defence accepting that cause, plus Garda and witness evidence about the scene.

Reports fourth day of the murder trial: Garda evidence about attending the scene and CPR, and pathologist evidence of 12 stab wounds. Puska has pleaded not guilty.

Day three of the trial of Jozef Puska. Pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis gives evidence on the cause of death, and gardaí and witnesses describe the scene and sightings.

Live blog of the Puska murder trial stating that gardaí take the stand. It gives no names, dates, place or evidence details.

Reports the trial as it was underway in October 2023, including eyewitness accounts of Ms Murphy kicking her legs and the man crouched over her, the defence case that Puska was trying to help her, and the jury empanelled for the trial.

Trial-day report with testimony from witnesses Jenna Stack, Aoife Marron, Enda Molloy and Charlie Kelly, plus defence admissions on identification of the body and cause of death. The trial is continuing.

Reports the trial testimony of witness Jenna Stack and the defence cross-examination, including the defence case that Puska was trying to help Murphy and that the man the witness identified was not Puska.

Reports the testimony of witness Jenna Stack at the ongoing murder trial, the defence cross-examination, and the admissions made by the defence on the body identification and cause of death.

Report of the second day of the Central Criminal Court trial: a witness's evidence, defence cross-examination, and admissions read to the jury. Not previously recorded.

Live coverage of the trial's opening days: the prosecution opening, the plea of not guilty, the jury selection, and evidence from a Garda mapping witness, a Garda photographer and the State's claim that Puska made admissions to gardaí. No existing case in the list covers this incident.

Reports the prosecution opening of the murder trial before a jury at the Central Criminal Court on 17 October 2023, including the evidence counsel said would be called and alleged admissions by Puska to gardaí.

Reports the opening of the prosecution case at the murder trial before a jury, including the evidence counsel said would be presented, the accused's alleged admissions to gardaí, and his claimed stabbing in Blanchardstown.

Reports the opening of the prosecution case at the Central Criminal Court, including the prosecution's account of DNA, CCTV and alleged admissions, and the accused's not guilty plea and the jury being sworn.

Reports the prosecution opening at the trial before a jury of three women and nine men, the claimed Y-STR DNA match under Murphy's fingernails, CCTV and bicycle evidence, cuts found on Puska, and alleged admissions to gardaí. Adds that Puska pleaded not guilty and that the trial is before Mr Justice Tony Hunt.

Report of the opening of the trial at the Central Criminal Court. It sets out the prosecution case and the evidence it will rely on, including an alleged admission and CCTV, DNA and witness evidence.

Adds the start of the trial: jury selection at the Central Criminal Court, the jury's composition, the expected length of the trial, and the date it resumes. Records Puška's not guilty plea and his address.

Reports a not guilty plea to the murder charge. The article text is missing, so only the headline is available, and it gives no date, place or name for the accused.

Reports Puska's arraignment and not guilty plea to murder, the empanelling of the jury, and the expected start and length of the trial. No existing case in the list matches this incident.

First report on the case: the accused pleaded not guilty at arraignment, the jury was sworn, and the trial was expected to run for about four to five weeks.

Article body is empty template markup. The headline alone says the murder trial of Ashling Murphy is due to begin in two weeks.

Reports pre-trial hearings at the Central Criminal Court, that the trial is due to begin on Wednesday 4 October, and that Puska will have a Slovakian translator.

Previews the murder trial of Jozef Puska, who is due to go before a jury at the Central Criminal Court in two weeks. Adds the expected length of the trial, the presiding judge and background on the victim.

Reports the Central Criminal Court pretrial matters and listing for the trial of Jozef Puska, with pretrial issues expected to take two weeks and the full trial estimated at six weeks.

Previews the pre-trial hearings and expected length of the murder trial of Josef Puska, spelled Josef in this article. Adds the trial date, the expected duration, the Slovakian interpreter requirement and the family's attendance at court.

Reports that the murder trial of Jozef Puska, aged 32, was due to begin on 2 October 2023 in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, and gives Ashling Murphy's occupation and university.

Reports the postponement of the murder trial from 7 June 2023 to 2 October 2023, a pre-trial mention on 21 July, and a request for a Slovakian interpreter. No existing case covers this May 2023 court stage.

Reports that the trial due on 7 June 2023 at the Central Criminal Court is postponed to 2 October 2023, the first day of the Michaelmas term, and that the judge agreed to a Slovakian interpreter for the new date.

Reports that the June 2023 trial date was vacated and the trial moved to 2 October 2023, with a pre-trial management date set for 21 July, and that a Slovakian interpreter will be sought for the new date.

Reports that the trial of the accused man has been postponed. The article gives no new trial date, location or other details.

Reports the postponement of Jozef Puska's murder trial from June 7 to October 2, 2023, after the State sought time to respond to a defence expert report. Also records the July 21 mention date and the Slovakian interpreter request.

Reports that the June 2023 Central Criminal Court trial was postponed, with a new trial date of 2 October 2023, a pre-trial mention on 21 July, and a Slovakian interpreter application to be renewed.

Reports that the June 2023 trial date was vacated because the State needed time to respond to a defence expert report, and that the trial is now listed for 2 October 2023. A pre-trial management date was set for 21 July.

Trial date moved from 6 June to 7 June 2023; trial expected to last up to four weeks at the Central Criminal Court. Additional details on Murphy's background (Mary Immaculate College graduate, Traditional Irish musician, teacher at Durrow National School) and the location name (Fiona's Way).