Dale's father said he “couldn’t believe that my son was left unrecognisable in the bed, that one human being could do that to another".

Five Dublin men have been jailed for between three and seven and a half years for killing a 20-year-old in a 14-minute attack. A woman has been jailed for one year for violent disorder during the attack and another man has received a suspended sentence for possession of a knife at the time.

Update 3pm: A short time ago, two others were sentenced in relation to charges arising from the investigation into Dale Creighton’s death.

The mother of a 20-year-old who died following an attack on a Tallaght footbridge has said she will never forgive those responsible for her son's death.

Murder charges against seven people have been dropped after five of them pleaded guilty to Dale Creighton’s manslaughter and their two co-accused pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

The murder charges against seven Dubliners have been dropped, after five of them pleaded guilty to Dale Creighton’s manslaughter and their two co-accused pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

One of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, said the deceased was already ‘black and blue and bleeding from his eyes’ before he punched him.

The trial of seven people charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, has heard that another man seen punching and kicking him repeatedly was charged with assault causing harm.

The trial of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, has heard that another man seen punching and kicking him repeatedly was charged with assault causing harm.

The trial of seven people charged with murder has heard that two of them had blood on their clothing shortly after a group was seen fleeing the bridge where Dale Creighton was found unconscious.

The jury in the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murder has seen footage of what the prosecutor described as a “vicious, prolonged and sustained attack” involving kicks and stamps to the 20-year-old’s head and body, after which he was thrown “like a rag doll”.

A jury at the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murdering 20-year-old Dale Creighton were warned not to search for information on the internet or discuss the case with anyone.

Six men and one woman have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dale Creighton in January 2014.

Six men and a woman have appeared in court charged with the murder of Dale Creighton in Tallaght last January.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court in Dublin charged in connection with a fatal attack in Tallaght on New Year’s Day.