Thursday 29 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Case No. 8513Murder · Co. Dublin · 9 Jun 2024

Derek Boyd convicted of murdering Mark Carroll in Finglas

A man armed with a knife was arrested following an incident in an open carpark, according to an extra.ie report dated 21 July 2026. The case record gives the incident date as 9 June 2024, in County Dublin, and the offence as murder, with the suspect described as a man. The case title names Derek Boyd as convicted of murdering Mark Carroll in Finglas, but no article or key fact confirms this. The only reported development is the arrest, and no charge, court proceedings or sentence are recorded in the sources.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested21 Jul
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A man armed with a knife was arrested following an incident.
Where
  • The incident took place in an open carpark.
  • The case record places the offence in County Dublin.
When
  • The case record gives the incident date as 9 June 2024.
  • The extra.ie article reporting the arrest was published on 21 July 2026.
Weapon
The man arrested was armed with a knife.
Cause
No cause of the incident is given in the sources.
Investigation
The man was arrested, and the sources give no further detail of the investigation.
Charges
No charge is reported in the sources.
In court
No court proceedings are reported in the sources.
Sentence
No sentence is reported in the sources.
Other details
  • The case title names Derek Boyd and Mark Carroll in Finglas, but no article or key fact confirms this.
  • Only the headline of the extra.ie article is available, as its text is template code.
2 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA man armed with a knife was arrested following an incident. (extra.ie)
  • whereThe incident took place in an open carpark. (extra.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 21 Jul2026
    Arrestedextra.ie, first report
    Man armed with knife arrested following incident in open carpark

    Only the headline is available; the article text is template code. The article is from extra.ie, published 2026-07-21, and no location or incident date is given.

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