The man who died following an assault in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in the early hours of this morning has been named as John Murphy, Caren Court, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
The fatal attack took place when a row broke out Centre just after midnight and continued into the Sheepmoor Grove housing estate, where two men were assaulted.
Reports say four people set upon two men, who were brothers, with iron bars and one of the men suffered a serious head injury.
28-year-old Mr Murphy was pronounced dead at James Connolly Memorial Hospital at 3.40am. His brother is said to be in a stable condition.
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In a separate incident, also in Blanchardstown, a man was shot in the stomach at the Corduff Shopping Centre at around 1.00am this morning.