Ireland Crime

Initial report of the fatal assault on Martin Lynn; the article gives the victim's family response and Garda statement. No suspect has been named or arrested.

Adds the victim's age (30) and job, the tributes from friends, the homicide assessment, the awaited toxicology and post-mortem results, the Family Liaison Officer, the investigation base at Santry Garda station, and the appeal for dash-cam footage from Larkhill Road and Collins Avenue.

Reports Mr Lynn's death in hospital on Tuesday 1 August, the investigation's base at Santry Garda Station, a footage appeal for Larkhill Road and Collins Avenue, and tributes from friends. Adds his occupation and the detail that he hit his head when he fell.

Names the victim as Martin Lynn (33) and says detectives have identified the motorcyclist, who has not been arrested. Gives the cause as an objection to how Mr Lynn opened a taxi door, and says the investigation has not been upgraded to murder.

Adds that Martin Lynn died on Tuesday afternoon, that gardaí are set to launch a murder probe, that no arrests have been made, and that a Family Liaison Officer has been appointed. Describes the attack as a suspected road rage attack.

Reports that Martin Lynn died on Tuesday afternoon, that gardaí are set to launch a murder investigation, that no arrests have been made, and that the Family Liaison Officer and dash-cam appeal details are now given.

Reports that the man died in hospital on the Tuesday evening after the assault, and that the investigation is being led from Santry Garda station with a Family Liaison Officer appointed. No arrest or suspect is mentioned.

Reports the man died on the Tuesday evening after treatment at Beaumont Hospital. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage, and the case may be upgraded to a homicide inquiry after the post-mortem. No arrests are mentioned.

Garda update issued 2 August 2023 confirming the man died on 1 August 2023, that the investigation is ongoing at Santry Garda station under a Senior Investigating Officer, that a Family Liaison Officer has been appointed, and appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage. No arrests are mentioned.

Describes the incident as a road rage altercation with another motorist, says the injured man is believed to be in critical condition at Beaumont Hospital, and reports that the scene was preserved and a technical examination carried out. Adds a witness and dashcam appeal for Larkhill Road and Collins Avenue between 4am and 5am.

Garda press release reporting three arrests on 5 December 2023 (two men and one woman, all in their 20s) in the investigation into the death of a man after the Larkhill Road incident. No names are given.

Garda press release with no names. Adds that the injured man is being treated at Beaumont Hospital, that the scene was preserved and examined, that the investigation is run from Santry Garda station under a Senior Investigating Officer, and that Gardaí want witnesses and dash-cam or other camera footage from Larkhill Road and Collins Avenue between 4am and 5am.

Garda press release: a man in his 30s has been charged over the death of a man after the incident on Larkhill Road, Whitehall, on 30 July 2023. He appeared at Dublin District Court on 12 December 2024. The release does not name either person or give the cause of death. Issue date is 12/12/2024.