Victim of fatal stabbing in Dublin city centre named

GardaĂ at the scene on South Anne Street on Saturday. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews
GardaĂ are making âvery good progressâ to identify the people involved in a fight that led to the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin at the weekend, the justice minister said.
A murder investigation is under way following the death of the man in Dublin city centre. He has been named locally as Quam Babatunde, a 34-year-old Nigerian man who was in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system.
He was found unresponsive with serious injuries by gardai after emergency services were called to South Anne Street/Duke Lane Upper shortly after 3am on Saturday.
It is understood the incident started in a nightclub and spilled out on the street.
Speaking on RTĂâs
programme, Jim OâCallaghan said that gardai are attempting to track down the individuals involved through CCTV footage from the area.He said that gardaĂ are making âgood progressâ in identifying those involved.
He the victim was in the IPAS system.

The Fianna FĂĄil minister added: âFacial recognition technology would be of great assistance to the gardai and would speed up the process of investigation, and thatâs why Iâm hoping the opposition parties will support that legislation when I bring it into the DĂĄil.â
Mr OâCallaghan said he is seeking an update from Garda Commission Drew Harris about the level of garda presence in the area in the early hours of Saturday morning.
âListen, no matter what level of gardaâs presence we have, letâs identify where responsibility for this rests," he added.
âI donât think there could be a significant garda of presence on South Anne Street on that particular night. As youâve indicated yourself, the row appeared to have started in a nightclub and spread out onto the street.
âOf course, the gardai should have been there as quickly as possible. But in fairness to An Garda SĂochĂĄna, I donât think anyone could have expected at that time in the morning that there was going to be such violence on South Anne Street.
âIt confirms and corroborates what Iâm trying to achieve as we need greater garda visibility throughout the day and throughout the night, but primary responsibility rests on individuals who made a decision to commit violent acts on our streets.

âYouâre not allowed to do that, and the consequences of the law will come down very strongly on you if you do that.â
He said there is an agreement between government and opposition parties that more gardaĂ are needed on the public streets.
âIâm pleased to say when I was down on Store Street (Garda Station) on Friday, I emphasised that. But also what I was pleased to see more is that there were very few gardaĂ in Store Street Garda Station. They were out on the streets.
We need to see more of them out there, but that requires a campaign to recruit more.
âThere is no doubt we need to see more gardaĂ. Weâre in a lucky position in Ireland, where the public want to see more members An Garda SĂochĂĄna on the streets. Some countries around the world, they donât want to see their police force in certain areas.
âIn Ireland, every community I go to, or any member of DĂĄil Ăireann goes to, the call is for we want to see more gardaĂ, and itâs my priority to get more gardaĂ visible on the streets.â