Corkman on trial for murder of brother Shane Murphy was singing after arrest, court told

Carrigaline man also accused of attempting to murder his father

 John Murphy Jnr of Seaview Avenue, Carrigaline, County Cork, was charged with the murder of his 27-year-old brother, Shane Murphy, above.

 A 43-year-old Carrigaline man accused of murdering his brother and attempting to murder his father was sober and coherent at the time of his arrest when gardaí heard him ranting about guards, lawyers, and politicians, and at times singing.

Detective Garda Ian Breen gave this evidence in the case against 43-year-old John Murphy Jnr of Seaview Avenue, Carrigaline, County Cork, who is charged with the murder of his 27-year-old brother, Shane Murphy, and the attempted murder of his father, John Aloysius “Weeshie” Murphy Snr, who was 75 at the time, at the family home on Saturday, March 26, 2022, contrary to Common Law.