Family of Limerick man 'devastated' after UK authorities refuse to conduct death inquest 

"If somebody trips over their lace coming out of a shop, there would be an inquest," said the brother of Thomas Murphy. "But yet my brother gets stabbed and we can’t have an inquest."

Thomas Murphy, of Ballyagran, Co Limerick was stabbed was stabbed 34 times after an argument about a broken plate. Picture: Greater Manchester Police

The family of a Limerick man fatally stabbed 34 times in Manchester say they are devastated that their efforts to secure an inquest into his death have failed.

Thomas Murphy, aged 42, from Ballyagran, Co Limerick, was stabbed several times at a house on Beverly Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, on September 24, 2022.