Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, suspect

Offences

Unlawful killing

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

2 reports, 22 Sep 2023 to 9 Jul 2026

Outlets

dublinlive.ie, rte.ie

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• Man sentenced for unlawful killing in Tallaght meets victim's mother Unlawful killing · Co. Dublin

  Luke O'Reilly, a 20-year-old man from Tallaght, was killed in an unprovoked one-punch attack from behind while leaving a pub on Halloween night, 31 October 2017. He suffered a massive brain haemorrhage, underwent brain surgery, and died in Beaumont Hospital on 13 November 2017. Jack Hall Ellis, an old school friend who was on bail and had violated curfew conditions that night, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison. He served three years and eight months before being released in 2022. Janet O'Brien, Luke's mother, met Hall Ellis through the Irish Probation Board's restorative justice programme before his release.

  Sentenced, 22 Sep 2023Convicted, suspect · 2 reports

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1. 9 Jul2026
   Otherdublinlive.ie, in Man sentenced for unlawful killing in Tallaght meets victim's mother

   'Son was killed by one punch in Tallaght – killer was surprised by my response'

   suspect, Jack Hall Ellis, male, namedJack Hall Ellis♂
2. 22 Sep2023
   Sentencedrte.ie, in Man sentenced for unlawful killing in Tallaght meets victim's mother

   Mother of one-punch attack victim met perpetrator

   convicted, Jack Hall Ellis, namedJack Hall Ellis

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