The boyfriend of mum-of-two Jennie Poole is to be sentenced next month after he admitted to murdering her in her home.
The 24-year-old was stabbed to death at her first floor apartment in Melville Drive, Finglas, North Dublin, on the afternoon of April 17 last year.
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Neighbours raised the alarm and emergency services attended the scene before she was rushed to hospital but died a short time later.
Gavin Murphy, who was her partner at the time, pleaded guilty to her murder contrary to common law, at the Central Criminal Court, yesterday.
Murphy with address at Coultry Drive, Ballymun, stood and spoke only to answer “guilty” when the registrar read out the single charge. Mr Justice Paul McDermott adjourned the matter for sentencing to April 29, to allow time
for the preparation of victim impact statements.
Jennie, originally from the Ballygall area of Finglas, was a healthcare worker at Beneavin Lodge Care Home, and played camogie with local club Erin’s Isle. She was treated at the scene by paramedics and she was taken to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown but was pronounced dead a short time later.
Her heartbroken dad Joe paid a visit to the scene the day after she died and laid flowers for his beloved daughter.
And in a post on social media that same day, Joe wrote: “RIP baby Jen. Love you. I’m broken. Love Dad xx’ accompanied by a photograph of his daughter. Jennie’s GAA club, Erin’s Isle, also paid tribute to the young mum at the time of her death.
In a post on social media at the time, the club wrote: “Everyone at the club is shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic and sudden passing of Jennie.
“Our heartfelt condolences to all of the Poole family and those closest,especially her two young children, friends and everyone who played with Jennie throughout her time with Erin’s Isle.
“She will be remembered so fondly by us all and may she rest in peace.” At her funeral Mass Jennie was remembered as a “mother like no other” to daughter Neveah and son Zack.
Delivering her eulogy at St Canice’s Church in Finglas, her brother Jason said: “Jennie’s first love and her main priority was always Neveah and Zack.
“She was a mother like no other. Jennie’s life was all about her kids. She would do anything
for them.”
He said it “was not Jennie’s time” to die and that a “dark cloud” has come over the family since her death.
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