MR David Sheridan (30) died in Limerick University Hospital yesterday following a stabbing incident outside a house in Rathkeale at about 1.15 a.m.
A second man, also in this 30s, was detained for questioning at Henry Street Garda station in the city under Section 4 of the 1984 Criminal Justice Act. The man was released without charge last night and gardai said that a file was being prepared for the DPP.
Gardai said that the circumstances surrounding the stabbing were still unclear. "There appears to have been an altercation involving a good few people, thought to be members of the same family", a spokesman said.
Meanwhile, gardai in Cork are appealing for witnesses to a violent incident in Blarney Street in which a 30-year-old man was stabbed.
A motorist took the man, who is from Gurranabraher, to the Mercy Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
A spokesman at Gurranabraher Garda station said the victim's condition was not life-threatening. The incident occurred after pub closing time, he said, in the area between the Joshua Tree and Alfie's Bar.
In Dublin, a man was taken to the Mater Hospital's accident and emergency unit for treatment on Saturday night following a stabbing at Church Street in the East Wall area. The incident occurred at about 8.40 p.m.
The victim, originally from Prosperous, Co Kildare, was not seriously injured and was able to leave the hospital soon after being treated.
The perpetrator, believed to be in his 40s, gave himself up to gardai at Store Street. He was not charged, but it is understood that a file is to be sent to the DPP.