Ireland Crime

Named as

Suspect, victim

Born

1955-1965, from the ages reported

Offences

Suspicious death, Whistleblower penalisation

Where

Co. Cork, Co. Dublin

Reporting

2 reports, 5 Mar 2024 to 1 Feb 2025

Outlets

corkbeo.ie, rte.ie

• Gardaí treat death in Cork house fire as suspicious Suspicious death · Co. Cork

  A man in his 60s, named locally as Michael O'Sullivan, was found dead inside his apartment on Togher Road, Cork city, after a fire broke out at approximately 6:50pm on Friday 31 January 2025. The fire was contained to one room of the apartment, and another person present was treated for smoke inhalation. Gardaí sealed and preserved the scene, began a technical examination to determine the cause of the blaze, and a post-mortem examination was planned. Gardaí are now treating the death as suspicious and are canvassing neighbours for information.

  Reported, 1 Feb 2025Victim · 1 report
• Garda whistleblower settles WRC penalisation case in Dublin Whistleblower penalisation · Co. Dublin

  Lois West, a senior Garda analyst and deputy head of the Garda Síochána Analysis Service, claims she was penalised at work after testifying to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in March 2018 about errors in recording official homicide data, alleging bullying and sexual harassment by a senior official whose identity is suppressed by WRC order. She was placed on half pay from March 2021 and reduced to no pay from December 2022 while on extended sick leave. The WRC hearing at Lansdowne House in Dublin, under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and other legislation, began in March 2024 and was reopened before adjudicator Roger McGrath in November 2025. In July 2026, West's lawyers confirmed the parties had reached a compromise and settlement of the proceedings.

  In court, 5 Mar 2024Suspect · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 1 Feb2025
   Reportedcorkbeo.ie, in Gardaí treat death in Cork house fire as suspicious

   Gardaí probe 'all circumstances' of man's death in Cork house fire

   victim, Michael O'Sullivan, 60s, male, irish (judged from name)Michael O'Sullivan♂60sIE
2. 5 Mar2024
   In courtrte.ie, in Garda whistleblower settles WRC penalisation case in Dublin

   Garda worker bullied by 'volatile' senior official - WRC

   suspect, Michael O'Sullivan, male, named, irish (judged from name)Michael O'Sullivan♂IE

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