Two teens and man, 20s, held for questioning over death of Doneraile postman

Barry Daly, a 44-year-old father-of-four from Doneraile, was found unresponsive outside a house in Rockview Terrace in the town in the early hours of Sunday morning

Barry Daly

Two teenage boys and a man in his 20s were being questioned on Monday night about the violent death of north Cork postman Barry Daly.

The 44-year-old father-of-four from Doneraile was found unresponsive outside a house in Rockview Terrace in the town in the early hours of Sunday morning.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy was carried out at the Cork city morgue on Monday afternoon. The results of which are not being released for operational reasons, gardaí said.

Questioning continued of two males who were arrested yesterday morning, while a third man, a teenager, was also arrested and questioned later in the day.

The arrested men are from the wider locality and people in Doneraile have been stunned by the death, with some knowing both the deceased man and those arrested on suspicion of involvement in the incident which led to it.

They were being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 and were questioned throughout yesterday. They can be held for a period of 24 hours.

As they were being questioned, gardaí were in Doneraile carrying out door-to-door enquiries in the Rockview Terrace area of the town, on the Mallow road.

No funeral arrangements had been made last night for Mr Daly.

A white tent remained in the front garden of the house where Mr Daly was found in a collapsed state in the early hours of Sunday morning, and entry onto the property remained sealed off by garda crime scene tape.

Gardaí maintain a presence outside a residence on Rockview Terrace, Doneraile on Sunday. Picture: Dan Linehan

CCTV footage has been harvested from premises in the town which will now be analysed by investigating gardaí.

The investigation was being headed up in an incident room in Mallow garda station.

A family liaison officer has been appointed to Mr Daly’s family, who are well known and popular in the area.

His colleagues at An Post in Mallow, where he had a mail delivery run, are devastated at the sudden death of the postman.

A statement issued by An Post said: “The CEO and all An Post staff, particularly the team at Mallow Delivery Unit, are deeply shocked and saddened at the untimely death of our colleague, Barry Daly. We offer our deepest sympathy to Barry’s family. May he rest in peace.” 

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to contact them. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Mallow Garda Station on 022 31 450, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.