Man shot dead in Cork home identified by dental records

The victim of a fatal shooting in Cork City earlier this year had to be identified using dental records, an inquest heard yesterday.

Assistant state pathologist, Dr Margot Bolster, told Cork City Coroner’s Court that Diarmuid Byrne, 41, died from severe cerebral trauma, with multiple lacerations to the brain, including the brain stem, as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head.

Dr Bolster said Mr Byrne’s remains were formally identified by Dr Paul Brady, of the Cork Dental School, with the use of dental records.