Neighbours heard man roar 'open the f**kin’ door' hours before discovery of Cork pensioner's body

Loud parties and arguments were not unusual at Joe O’Callaghan’s sheltered housing unit in the heart of Douglas, on the southside of Cork City.

So when neighbours in the cul-de-sac at the end of Galway’s Lane heard a man twice roar “open the fuckin’ door” in the early hours of Monday, followed seconds later by the sound of a door slamming, they didn’t think much more about it.

But waking to the news yesterday that Mr O’Callaghan had been found dead, lying in a pool of blood having suffered extensive head injuries, has left the tight-knit community shocked and devastated.