Thursday 5 November 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.

Named in reporting

Dean Roche

Born between September 1992 and September 1993, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 15 Sep 2024 to 15 Sep 2024

Victim: Dean Roche, Irish man, 31 (judged from name)Dean Roche

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between September 1992 and September 1993, from the ages reported
Offences
Missing person (possible murder, Not upgraded)
Where
Co. Kilkenny
Reporting
1 report, 15 Sep 2024 to 15 Sep 2024
Outlets
irishmirror.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Friend of missing Dean Roche calls for murder probe in Kilkenny case Missing person (possible murder · Co. Kilkenny

    Dean Roche, a 31-year-old man, was last seen alive on the evening of 22 March 2015 at Ballyfoyle, Co Kilkenny, and has not been found. No arrest or charge has been reported. In September 2024 his best friend, Damien Hipwell, called for the case to be upgraded to a murder inquiry, and Dean's mother had believed he was killed over a drug debt of a few hundred euros. Gardaí then announced a review of the unsolved case, with fresh searches in Ballyfoyle and an appointed inspector, but a source said the case is not being upgraded to a murder inquiry at this stage.

    No stage yetVictim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Dean Roche, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 15 Sep2024
    Otheririshmirror.ie, in Friend of missing Dean Roche calls for murder probe in Kilkenny case
    Best friend of missing Dean Roche calls for case to be upgraded to murder probe
    victim, Dean Roche, 31, male, irish (judged from name)Dean Roche

Matched on the name as printed, ignoring quoted nicknames, and split by the ages reported. Two people who share a name and age would appear together here.