Cork City murder investigation continues as colleagues mourn victim Mark O’Connell

Gardaí are investigating the fatal Hollyhill altercation as colleagues remember Mark O’Connell and officers appeal for crucial camera footage

Gardaí outside the property in Hollyville, Hollyhill, where the incident happened. Picture: Chani Anderson

The man at the centre of a murder probe in Cork City has been described as a “much-valued and respected” employee as the suspect arrested in connection with the killing was released without charge on Monday evening.

Mark O’Connell from Fairfield Green in Farranree was pronounced dead at Cork University Hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning. He had been rushed there after an altercation outside a house in Hollyville in Hollyhill at around 4.30am.