Ireland Named in reporting
Ion Daghi
Born 1985, from the ages reported. 17 reports across 1 case, 12 May 2024 to 20 Nov 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- 1985, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Manslaughter
- Where
- Co. Kildare
- Reporting
- 17 reports, 12 May 2024 to 20 Nov 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, kildarenow.com, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to eight years for manslaughter in Sallins, Co Kildare Manslaughter · Co. Kildare
Valeriu Melnic, a 24-year-old Moldovan man, was sentenced on 20 November 2025 to ten years in prison for the manslaughter of Ion Daghi, a 39-year-old man from Moldova, at a family gathering in Sallins Park, Sallins, Co Kildare, in the early hours of 12 May 2024. Melnic, the victim's brother-in-law, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder, but a Central Criminal Court jury found him not guilty of murder and guilty of manslaughter on 22 July 2025. The judge set a headline sentence of 13 years, reduced to ten years with the final two years suspended, backdated to 15 May 2024 when Melnic went into custody.
Sentenced, 20 Nov 2025Victim · 17 reports
Timeline
every report naming Ion Daghi, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 20 Nov2025Man who fatally stabbed sister’s partner while drunk jailed for eight yearsvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 20 Nov2025Man who told gardaí he was 'so drunk' he couldn't remember killing his sister’s partner is jailed for eight yearsvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, maleIon Daghi
- 22 Jul2025"I will kill you" - Kildare resident who stabbed sister's partner with kitchen knife is found not guilty of murdervictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 22 Jul2025Man (24) who stabbed sister’s partner with kitchen knife found guilty of manslaughtervictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 18 Jul2025Issue of intoxication "all over" case of 24-year-old man who fatally stabbed sister’s partner with kitchen knife in Kildarevictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 16 Jul2025Murder accused told gardaí he couldn’t remember stabbing man as he was so drunk, jury hearsvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 16 Jul2025"I wish I was dead, not him" - Trial hears how row over pouring whiskey in Kildare led to fatal stabbingvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 9 Oct2024UPDATE: Toxicology results due in alleged Kildare murder casevictim, Ion DaghiIon Daghi
- 16 May2024Man appears in court again over fatal stabbing in Kildarevictim, Ion DaghiIon Daghi
- 16 May2024BREAKING: Judge expresses sympathy as Sallins murder accused makes second court appearancevictim, Ion DaghiIon Daghi
- 16 May2024Wife of man stabbed to death in Kildare pays emotional tributevictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 14 May2024Family of man stabbed to death in Kildare 'don't know how to live on'victim, Ion Daghi, 39, maleIon Daghi
- 14 May2024Man (23) charged with murdering his brother-in-law in Sallins, Co Kildarevictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 13 May2024Man, 23, charged with murder of man in Sallinsvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 13 May2024BREAKING: Man is charged over Sallins murder in late night court appearancevictim, Ion Daghi, maleIon Daghi
- 13 May2024Man (39) stabbed to death in Kildare was father of young childrenvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, male, non-irish (judged from name)Ion Daghi
- 12 May2024Kildare stabbing victim named as gardaí launch murder investigationvictim, Ion Daghi, 39, maleIon Daghi
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