Overview
- Gardaí say a man in his 30s was treated by Dublin Fire Brigade after an alleged assault near the War Memorial Gardens and swam across the River Liffey to lands by Chapelizod Road before later dying in St James’ Hospital.
- The events occurred on Saturday night, May 30, and the man died in hospital the following day, prompting Ballyfermot gardaí to open an investigation under a Senior Investigating Officer.
- A post-mortem examination has been scheduled to determine the cause of death and will guide whether the inquiry is treated as a suspected fatal assault.
- Officers have appealed for any witnesses and for camera or dash-cam footage from road users covering roughly 9:00pm to 10:45pm on May 30 to help reconstruct movements and interactions that night.
- Some media outlets have locally named the deceased as Thomas Griffin and reported a suspected 'slash' attack and family background, but those specific details have not been confirmed by official Garda statements and remain unverified.