No charge for householder as intruder dies after stabbing

Details of the first use of a new law allowing no charges to be taken against a householder acting in self-defence, in a case where the intruder died after being stabbed, should emerge at an inquest this summer.

The man living in the Kilkenny apartment was questioned by gardaí after being found with a knife in his hand and 21-year-old Kieran Monahan — one of two men taken from the scene with stab wounds — died later in hospital.

It has been confirmed by a number of sources that the DPP said no case should be brought against the man, aged in his 30s, arising from the incident.