136 - David Byrne: Murder in a Dark Corner

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

In March of 2011, 19 year old David Byrne set out to meet someone near to his home in Drimnagh, Dublin City. Little did he know that he was walking into a trap. A panicked chase was caught on CCTV, but the final attack occurred in a dark corner out of sight of any cameras. Could his killer be identified from the footage?

This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.

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Theme Music:

Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Additional Music: Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Sources:

DPP vs Marcus Kirwan appeal doc, available on Vlex

Ireland Young and Dumb Episode 3, TV3 documentary, available on YouTube

Tom Brady and Patricia McDonagh, “Teen chased down and stabbed to death by gang”, Irish Independent, March 21st 2011

Ann Murphy, “Manhunt for gang after Dublin teen is murdered”, Evening Echo, March 21st 2011

Tom Brady and Shane Hickey, “Murdered teen’s stabbing death is not linked to gangland feud”, Irish Independent, March 22nd 2011

Cormac Murphy, “Gardai prepare to arrest four teen knife killers”, Evening Herald, March 22nd 2011

Tom Brady, “Teens aged 13 held over fatal stabbing of young man”, Irish Independent, March 23rd 2011

Clodagh Sheehy, “Two 13 year olds held over fatal knife attack”, Evening Herald, March 23rd 2011

Cormac O’Keefe, “Seven teenagers held in murder hunt”, Irish Examiner, March 23rd 2011

Tom Brady, “Young man was murdered over €2000 owed to drug dealers”, Irish Independent, March 24th 2011

For a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com