Overview
- Detective Garda Tomás Ryan testified that Adam Corcoran appeared highly intoxicated, was raving, and repeatedly shouted that Walsh had killed herself when officers arrived.
- Det Gda Cormac Ó Bric recounted that Corcoran said he went to an off‑licence and returned to find Walsh bleeding, claiming she spoke loving words and that it was not his fault.
- Garda witnesses described smoke, a loud pop, and aerosol cans wrapped in a tea cloth on a lit hob, with bloodied footprints and significant fire damage inside the flat.
- Earlier evidence outlined 25 sharp‑force injuries, including an 11.5cm chest stab wound, knives bearing Walsh’s blood, and no soot in her airways indicating death before the fire.
- Jurors heard a 999 call in which the caller, identified as Corcoran, said Walsh had stabbed herself, alongside paramedic testimony of catastrophic injuries and a neighbour seeing him kneeling and sobbing beside her body.