A man who died from injuries sustained in an early morning assault in south Dublin was a Good Samaritan who fell victim to a so-called one-punch homicide, gardaí believe.
The father-of-one (57) was making his way home to Terenure after a night out when he stopped to intervene in an on-street row between a man and his partner in Harold's Cross.
While the inquiry into his killing is still at an early stage, gardaí believe the man involved in the altercation struck the 57-year-old, who then fell to the ground.
He was taken by ambulance to St James's Hospital, but died from his injuries on Sunday morning .
The fatal assault occurred outside the Park View apartments on Harold’s Cross Road at about 4am on Saturday.
Emergency services
The couple remained at the scene until the emergency services arrived.
They were spoken to by gardaí and the man, in his early 40s, was arrested and taken to Terenure Garda station.
He is still being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
He can be questioned for 24 hours without charge.
It is understood the dead man had recently retired from his job as a driver with Guinness and had been out socialising with family and friends to mark his retirement.
He had continued his night out at a bar in Harold’s Cross that he regularly frequented.
When he was making his way home, he came upon the couple arguing and intervened, only to be fatally injured.
The scene of the incident was sealed off and the man’s remains were scheduled to undergo a postmortem examination.
