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Case No. 30354Other (death – under investigation) · Co. Dublin · 18 Aug 2021

Post-mortem pending after Dublin councillor Anthony Flynn found dead

Anthony Flynn, a 35-year-old man, Dublin city councillor and homelessness campaigner, was found dead on Wednesday 18 August 2021. His death is not being treated as suspicious. His body was removed to the mortuary in Whitehall for a post-mortem. Flynn had been interviewed by gardaí from the Divisional Protective Services Unit at Store Street Garda station in connection with a sexual misconduct investigation at the charity he founded, Inner City Helping Homeless, but was not arrested. The post-mortem is pending.

  1. Reported19 Aug
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
The death of Anthony Flynn is not being treated as suspicious.
When
The body was found on Wednesday 18 August 2021.
Where
The incident occurred in Dublin.
Investigation
  • The body was removed to the mortuary in Whitehall for a post-mortem.
  • Flynn had been interviewed by gardaí from the Divisional Protective Services Unit at Store Street Garda station.
Other details
  • Anthony Flynn was a Dublin city councillor and homelessness campaigner.
  • Flynn founded the charity Inner City Helping Homeless in 2013.
  • Flynn was suspended from ICHH following allegations of sexual misconduct.
  • Flynn was not arrested by gardaí.
  • The ICHH board appointed an independent senior counsel to investigate the sexual misconduct matter and is in communication with the Charities Regulator.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe death is not being treated as suspicious (extra.ie)
  • whenThe body was found on Wednesday 18 August 2021 (extra.ie)
  • investigationThe body was removed to the mortuary in Whitehall for a post-mortem (extra.ie)
  • investigationFlynn had been interviewed by gardaí from the Divisional Protective Services Unit at Store Street Garda station (extra.ie)
  • otherAnthony Flynn was a Dublin city councillor and homelessness campaigner (extra.ie)
  • otherFlynn founded the charity Inner City Helping Homeless in 2013 (extra.ie)
  • otherFlynn was suspended from ICHH following allegations of sexual misconduct (extra.ie)
  • otherFlynn was not arrested by gardaí (extra.ie)
  • otherThe ICHH board appointed an independent senior counsel to investigate the sexual misconduct matter (extra.ie)
  • otherThe ICHH board is in communication with the Charities Regulator (extra.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Aug2021
    Reportedextra.ie, first report
    Councillor and campaigner Anthony Flynn found dead amid sexual assault probe - Extra.ie

    Initial report of Anthony Flynn's death; death not treated as suspicious; post-mortem pending at Whitehall mortuary; Flynn had been interviewed by DPSU in a sexual misconduct investigation at ICHH but was not arrested.

    victim, Anthony Flynn, 35, male, irish (judged from name)Anthony Flynn