Witnesses to fatal Halloween stabbing urged to contact gardaí

The Garda chief leading the investigation into the murder on Halloween of 21-year-old Lorcan O’Reilly has said there are people who “know what happened” and he urged them to come forward.

Supt Patrick McMenamin described the victim as a “very respected, decent young man” from a “very respectable family”, who he said were “devastated”.

He declined to comment on lines of inquiry, but it is understood that the main suspect — a 15-year-old boy from a notorious criminal family — fled abroad within hours of the attack.