Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

Between September 2002 and September 2003, from the ages reported

Offences

Unlawful killing

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

2 reports, 22 Sep 2023 to 22 Sep 2023

Outlets

extra.ie, rte.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit

Images are shown from the outlet that published them and link back to the article. Copyright stays with the credited photographer or agency.

• 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 2023Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 22 Sep2023
   Otherextra.ie, in Man sentenced for unlawful killing in Tallaght meets victim's mother

   Luke O'Reilly: Mother Of Young Man Killed In One Punch Attack Speaks On Facing Son's Killer

   victim, Luke O'Reilly, male, irish (judged from name)Luke O'Reilly♂IE
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

   victim, Luke O'Reilly, 20, male, irish (judged from name)Luke O'Reilly♂20IE

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.