Three men and teenager to go on trial for murder of father of seven in Tralee graveyard

Trial set for Central Criminal Court in May next year

Thomas Dooley died after he was attacked by a group of men at Rath Cemetery shortly after he, his wife, and four of his seven children had attended the funeral of a close family friend.

Three family members and a teenager accused of murdering father of seven Thomas 'Tom' Dooley, who died after he was attacked by a group of men while attending a funeral at a cemetery in Co Kerry last year, will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin in May next year.

The brother of the late Mr Dooley, Patrick Dooley, 35, with an address at Arbutus Grove, Killarney; Mr Dooley’s cousin Thomas Dooley Senior, 41; and that man’s son, Thomas Dooley Junior, 20, both of a halting site at Carrigrohane Road, Cork; as well as a 17-year-old boy are all charged with murdering 43-year-old Mr Dooley at Rath Cemetery, Rathass, Tralee, Co Kerry, on October 5, 2022.