'Shane was the best of us': Tributes paid to Corkman killed in stabbing

Renowned pitch and putt player was killed in the early hours of Saturday night in his home in Carrigaline

Shane Murphy, whose body was found in the family home in Carrigaline, Co. Cork. Pic: Provision

More than €12,000 was raised in just three hours to help cover the funeral costs for tragic Shane Murphy, the champion pitch and putt player who was fatally stabbed at home in Cork at the weekend.

Shane, 27, was pronounced dead at his home in the Seaview Estate in Carrigaline in the early hours of last Saturday.