'Santa never came to me’, murder victim said in one of last known moments, trial hears

Off-licence worker said Mr Dunne would come in about three or four times a week to order 'bottle of wine and a few cans of beer'

Det Garda Padraig Harrington and Det Brian Barron at the Courthouse on Anglesea Street in Cork for the Francis 'Frankie  Dunne murder trial. Picture: Dan Linehan

 The 64-year-old man whose dismembered body was found in a garden in Cork in December 2019 “could have been anybody’s father, brother or uncle in Ireland”.

Key worker Mary O’Driscoll made this comment, saying she liked the late Frankie Dunne, adding: “He loved music. His family were very important to him. They were very much in contact with him. He would visit them about once a week. Traditional music was his life.”