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  1. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Alison O’Riordan

    Derek Boyd jailed for life for murder of man in Dublin - National News - Carlow Nationalist (opens the original)

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    Double killer Derek Boyd has been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-four at his north Dublin home and told that his sentence for the manslaughter of his sister four years ago will now be referred back to the Circuit Court. Boyd (31), who was serving the suspended part of his sentence for killing his sister when he fatally stabbed father-of-four Mark Carroll in the chest, was on Tuesday described by the victim's family as a "monster". In an emotional victim impact statement delivered to t

  2. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Alison O’Riordan

    Former solicitor at prestigious firm pleads not guilty to murdering father by reason of insanity - National News - Carlow Nationalist (opens the original)

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    A former solicitor at a prestigious law firm has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his father in north Dublin nearly two years ago. Daire McCormack George (31), with an address at Cabra Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 is charged with the murder of Scott George at Drumans End, Tobersool, Balbriggan in County Dublin on December 12th 2024. McCormack George was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court on Monday on the single charge of murder. When the registrar read the indictmen

  3. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Alison O’Riordan

    Derek Boyd found guilty of murdering Mark Carroll in Dublin - National News - Carlow Nationalist (opens the original)

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    Derek Boyd, who was serving the suspended part of his sentence for the manslaughter of his sister when he fatally stabbed another man in the chest at his north Dublin home, has been found guilty of murder by a Central Criminal Court jury on Wednesday. The jury of seven men and four women took eight hours and 51 minutes over three days to unanimously accept the State's position that self-defence was not open to Boyd, who the prosecution argued chose to pick up a knife in "a determined, murderous

  4. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Alison O’Riordan

    Man 'acted out of instinct' when he fatally stabbed man who 'trespassed' on his Dublin home - National News - Carlow Nationalist (opens the original)

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    Murder accused Derek Boyd "acted out of instinct" when he fatally stabbed a man who "trespassed" on his north Dublin home and was entitled to protect himself if he was under attack, his lawyers have told a Central Criminal Court jury. However, the prosecution said the accused man had chosen to pick up a knife in "a determined, murderous attack" and the deceased's return to the house "wasn't remotely threatening but entirely reasonable" as he was going back to "sort out" an earlier row. Boyd took

  5. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Alison O’Riordan

    Polish man who killed his friend on St Stephen's Day jailed for six years - National News - Carlow Nationalist (opens the original)

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    A Polish national who killed his friend, whose brain twisted in his skull after he received 27 injuries to his head and neck on St Stephen's Day three years ago, has been jailed for six years. The Central Criminal Court was previously told at a sentencing hearing for Tomasz Rozpeda that no one knows "exactly what happened" on the night Maciej Nowak (32) was killed and that both men had consumed "substances to excess". Rozpeda told an emergency operator that his friend had "gone crazy, hitting th

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