Ireland Crime

Reports the fourth arrest and provides details of court appearances for the three previously arrested men, including Ndede's murder charge in Belfast and the specific charges against Bangu and Carr in Dublin.

Bangu's remand hearing at Cloverhill District Court; no bail application made, position reserved; case adjourned to 11 March; details of fourth arrest (man in his 20s detained under Section 4) and the 23-year-old NI man charged with murder by PSNI.

Reports the fourth arrest in the case: a man in his 20s detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, and confirms three men have already appeared before the courts in relation to the incident.

Details of Ndede's remand hearing at Belfast Magistrates' Court, including CCTV evidence of the stabbing, his arrest on a ferry, forensic tests on a recovered knife, and defence arguments about jurisdiction under the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975.

Adds that a third 23-year-old man was arrested in Belfast by the PSNI as he was about to board a ferry to Liverpool and is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court; provides full charges for Rory Carr (assault causing harm, violent disorder) and Jeffrey Bangu (assault causing harm, violent disorder, production of a knife); confirms the victim was a 34-year-old Nigerian man residing in an IPAS centre who was pronounced dead at St James's Hospital.

Identifies a third man (23) charged with murder, arrested by PSNI in Belfast; provides details of the incident (row at a music event, approximately 3am); confirms charges and remand status of Jeffrey Bangu and Rory Carr.

Reports Rory Carr's charging and remand, confirms his charges (assault causing harm to both victims and violent disorder), provides details of Jeffrey Bangu's charges including a knife production charge, and notes a 23-year-old man was arrested by PSNI in Belfast before boarding a ferry.

Details Jeffrey Bangu's specific charges (Section 3 assault causing harm to Babatunde at Duke Lane, Section 3 assault causing harm on another man at South Anne Street, violent disorder for producing a knife, and violent disorder for threatening unlawful violence) and confirms a second 23-year-old man arrested in Belfast has been charged, with PSNI granted an extra 36 hours to question him.

Adds details of Rory Carr's court appearance and charges, the circumstances of the attack (a row between two groups at a music event spilling onto the street), Babatunde's background as an asylum seeker at Ballyogan accommodation centre, Jeffrey Bangu's specific charges including production of a knife at Duke Lane, and the arrest of a third suspect by the PSNI at Belfast Port.

Adds that the chief suspect was detained by PSNI at Belfast Port on 17 February 2025 while boarding a ferry to Liverpool, that he is likely to be tried in Northern Ireland under the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975, that Jeffrey Bangu was remanded in custody at Dublin District Court, and that the victim was attending a music event at the Twenty Two nightclub when the fight broke out over seating arrangements.

Reveals at least three more men are suspected; confirms Bangu appeared before Dublin District Court on 18 February; notes the other two arrested are being quizzed by both Gardaí and the PSNI; identifies Babatunde as an asylum seeker living in Ballyogan accommodation centre; confirms Adetola Adetuilehim was hospitalised.

Provides the specific charges (two counts of Section 3 assault causing harm, two counts of violent disorder), the court (Dublin District Court), the arresting Garda (David Dolan, Pearse Street), and confirms no bail application was made. Also notes two other men remain in custody, one with Gardaí and one with PSNI.

Details the initial court appearance at Dublin District Court on 18 February 2025, including the specific charges, the circumstances of the incident (a row at a music event), the victim's death at St James's Hospital, and the remand to Cloverhill District Court on 25 February for DPP direction. Also notes a third man arrested by PSNI in Belfast had detention extended by 36 hours.

Reports the arrest of two suspects: one by gardaí in Dublin (being questioned at Pearse Street Garda Station) and one by the PSNI in Belfast as he was about to board a ferry to Liverpool. Confirms the victim was a resident of Ballyogan IPAS accommodation centre and the stabbing followed a row between two groups outside the Twenty Two nightclub after an Afroswing gig. Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan called the violence 'disgusting' and 'unacceptable'.

Adds details of the third arrest (man in his 20s, detained under Section 4 in Dublin), the circumstances of the stabbing (masked man, suspected row between two groups after an Afroswing gig at Twenty Two), the victim's residence in an IPAS centre, and a Garda witness appeal covering South Anne Street/Duke Lane Upper and Dawson Street/St. Stephen's Green between 2:45am and 3:30am on 15 February 2025.

Provides extensive background on victim Quaham Babatunde including his 2018 rape accusation in Italy, football career, and life in Ireland; details arrests of three suspects (PSNI arrest in Belfast, Garda arrest in Dublin, and a third who surrendered); friends' accounts that Babatunde was a bystander who arrived at the club at 1am and was stabbed at 3am.

Adds background on the victim's previous rape accusation and deportation from Italy in 2018, friends' account that he was a bystander who arrived at 1am and was stabbed at 3am, and details of three arrests (PSNI in Belfast, two in Dublin) in the murder investigation, including bail histories of the arrested suspects.

Reports two arrests in connection with the South Anne Street stabbing: one man in his 20s arrested in Dublin on 17 February following searches, and a second man arrested in Belfast by the PSNI. Confirms the victim was a Nigerian national residing in an IPAS centre, and that the stabbing followed a suspected row between two groups after an Afroswing gig at Twenty Two. Post mortem completed but results withheld for operational reasons.

Reports the arrest of a third suspect, details the Belfast arrest by PSNI of a 23-year-old man on bail for an offensive weapon who was attempting to flee to Liverpool, names the victim as Quham Babatunde (34), a Nigerian asylum seeker from Ballyogan, and provides details of the fight at the Twenty Two club including that the victim suffered several stab wounds including one to the heart.

Reports that gardaí have identified a chief suspect and launched a manhunt. Adds details on the victim (Nigerian asylum seeker living at an IPAS centre in Ballyogan), the context (row between two groups after an Afroswing gig in Twenty Two), video footage of a masked man swinging a large knife, and a statement from Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan calling the violence 'disgusting' and 'unacceptable'.

Names the victim as Quham Babatunde, 34, a Nigerian asylum seeker residing at an IPAS centre (Ballyogan); provides context that the attack followed a suspected row between two groups after an Afroswing gig in Twenty Two; confirms the masked attacker is unidentified and at large; includes Justice Minister O'Callaghan's condemnation of the violence.

Names the victim as Quham Babatunde, 34, a Nigerian national residing at an IPAS centre in Dublin. Adds that the stabbing followed a suspected row between two groups after an Afroswing gig in Twenty Two, that the attacker was a masked man with a knife, and that another man sustained non-life-threatening stab injuries. Records Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan's condemnation of the violence and confirms a murder investigation has been launched with CCTV and door-to-door enquiries underway.

Names the victim as Quam Babatunde, 34, a Nigerian asylum seeker; provides details of his residence at Ballyogan international protection accommodation centre; describes the sequence of events (altercation in a nightclub continuing onto the street); quotes Minister O'Callaghan on CCTV footage and the knife-wielding man seen in social media video; notes a second male in his 30s was injured with non-life-threatening injuries; local business owners call for greater Garda visibility.

Initial live-blogging report of the fatal stabbing; murder investigation launched; Gardaí appealing for witnesses, mobile phone footage and dash-cam footage from the area between 2:45am and 3:30am.

Update (4) confirms the second man in his 20s has been charged and is due before Dublin District Court (Court 3) on 19 February 2025; the other individual arrested remains in PSNI custody.

Initial Garda press release confirming the death, the launch of a murder investigation, and that a second male in his 30s was also injured with non-life-threatening injuries in the vicinity.

An additional man in his 20s was arrested on 24 March 2025 and charged in connection with the same South Anne Street fatal assault incident.

Reports two new arrests (one in Dublin, one in Belfast by PSNI), confirms the post mortem has been completed with results withheld for operational reasons, and renews the appeal for witnesses in the vicinity between 2:45am and 3:30am on 15 February 2025.

Reports a third arrest in the South Anne Street fatal assault investigation; the newly arrested man is detained under Section 4; two other individuals remain in Garda and Police custody; Gardaí appeal for witnesses and mobile phone or dash-cam footage from the area including Dawson Street and St. Stephen's Green.

Update (3) confirms a man in his 20s has been charged and is due before Dublin District Court at Court 3, Criminal Courts of Justice, on 18 February 2025, while two other individuals remain in Garda and Police custody.

Garda press release (Update 6) confirming the fourth arrest in the case; a man in his 20s was arrested on 25 February 2025 and detained under Section 4 at a Garda Station in Dublin.

Renewed witness appeal (Update 10) confirming a number of individuals have been arrested and appeared before court; Gardaí specifically request mobile phone footage and dash-cam footage from the Dawson Street and St. Stephen's Green area between 2:30am and 3:30am on 15 February 2025.

Gardaí confirm the man in his 20s arrested on 26 February 2025 has been charged and is due to appear before Court 3 of the Criminal Courts of Justice Dublin on 27 February 2025.

Fifth arrest in connection with the South Anne Street fatal assault; man in his 20s detained under Section 4 at a Garda station in Dublin.

A further man in his 20s has been charged in connection with the South Anne Street fatal assault, due to appear before Court 3 of the Criminal Courts of Justice on 26 February 2025.

Confirms a man in his 20s was arrested on 6 March 2025, charged, appeared before Dublin District Court on 7 March 2025, and was remanded to Cloverhill District Court for 11 March 2025.

Reports the eighth arrest in connection with the South Anne Street fatal assault, a male in his 20s arrested on 24 March 2025 and detained under Section 4.

Seventh arrest in the South Anne Street fatal assault; an adult male in his late teens was arrested on 10 March 2025 and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

Gardaí made a sixth arrest in the case; a man in his 20s was arrested on 6 March 2025 and detained under Section 4.

A further person, an adult male in his late teens, has been charged in connection with the same South Anne Street incident, bringing the total number of people charged to at least five.