The funeral for murdered Tony Dempsey will take place next week.
A death notice confirmed the body of the 28-year-old from Dublin’s south inner city will be brought home today. His funeral will then take place at 11am on Monday in St Bernadette’s Church before cremation at Mount Jerome Cemetery.
Dempsey was beaten to death in a ground floor property of Kevin Barry House, Coleraine Street in Dublin’s north inner city. His body lay there decomposing for at least a week before gardai responded to complaints of a smell coming from the flat.
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They made the grim discovery on September 12. It comes as homeless charity boss Fr Peter McVerry has revealed how drug dealers are taking over properties in the capital with victims left feeling “trapped and powerless”.
Gangsters threaten and target people as they control homes owned by Dublin City Council to store and sell their dodgy gear. Fr McVerry says that the death of Tony Dempsey last week at a flat in Dublin managed by his charity was the first such case they had come across relating to their services.
But he said he is aware of other cases in both Ballymun and Tallaght. Fr McVerry told Dublin Live: “They’re usually local authority tenants living on their own who are being threatened.
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