A 38-year-old man arrested on Wednesday in Cork is due to appear in court in Cavan on Friday morning charged over the fatal stabbing of a 40-year-old man during a row on New Year’s Eve. The suspect was charged just before midnight on Thursday night at the Bridewell Garda Station in Cork with the murder of Marek Swider in Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan on New Year’s Eve. Gardaí believe that Mr Swider got into a row with another man during a game of cards in a house on the Dublin Road in Ballyjamesduff at around 11pm on New Year’s Eve. The man who was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act was questioned by detectives throughout Thursday at the Bridewell Garda Station about Mr Swidek’s death. The man was charged shortly before midnight at the Bridewell and brought back to Cavan where he will appear at Cavan District Court at 10.30am on Friday charged with the murder of Mr Swider.

Source: The Irish Times January 05, 2018 07:18 UTC