The sister of murdered Tony Dempsey has pleaded with Dublin City Council to move her to different accommodation as she is "in fear for her life".
The body of Tony Dempsey, aged 28, was discovered in a ground-floor property of Kevin Barry House on Coleraine Street in Dublin on September 12. His remains lay there decomposing for at least a week before gardai responded to complaints of the smell coming from the flat.
Gardai launched an investigation into Mr Dempsey's murder but no one has been arrested to date. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive and Peter McVerry Trust, who managed the flat, previously said they will carry out a review into the tenancy together.
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Tony's sister Catherine Dempsey is seeking to be moved from her Vicar St flat after it was broken into over the weekend. The mother of four told Dublin Live that she and her children have been staying elsewhere when possible due to safety fears.
She returned to the flat on Monday after being away since Friday and found the front door had been smashed and inside the property was damaged.
"I was told by Dublin City Council that they couldn't facilitate other accommodation for me," she said. "When I went back to the flat on Monday I found it that way.
"I'm in fear of my life. I don't know who came and smashed it up, I don't know if that was a threat from the people who were after Tony.
"I don't know who else would come and smash up my home. I'm a 30-year-old woman with four children to rear. I'm terrified.
"The guards still haven't found the people that killed Tony. I'm scared walking around. It could have been them, it might not have been them, who knows."
A Dublin City Council spokesman told Dublin Live that they cannot comment on individual cases. Dublin Live has contacted An Garda Siochana for comment.
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