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Funeral details announced for convicted killer fatally stabbed in Lucan

Kevin ‘Stretch’ Walsh (34), who had a conviction for manslaughter, died last Sunday night

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A convicted killer fatally stabbed in an assault in Dublin last weekend will be laid to rest on Thursday.

Kevin ‘Stretch’ Walsh (34), who had a conviction for manslaughter, died last Sunday night, January 7, after he was found at an apartment in Lucan, Dublin.

Earlier, he had taken a taxi from his family home in Allenton Green, Tallaght, to the apartment in Shackleton Hall where he was living.

At around 3am last Sunday an ambulance was called to the property and Walsh was found with a stab wound.

Walsh later died at James Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. Detectives are still trying to establish where Walsh was assaulted and are investigating if he was stabbed at a property in Tallaght before returning to Lucan where his condition deteriorated.

Sources revealed that when emergency services tried to find out what had happened, Walsh refused to tell them.

No arrests have yet been made in relation to his fatal assault and inquiries are ongoing.

His funeral will take place in St Anne’s Church, Bohernabreena on Thursday at 10am.

A death notice on rip.ie reads: “Beloved son of the late Phyllis and loving brother to Louise, Lisa, David, Paul and Gavin. Sadly missed by his heartbroken partner Lauren, family and friends.

“Reposing at his sister Lisa’s residence on Wednesday (17th January) from 5pm until 7pm. Thereafter house private please.

“Removal to St Anne’s Church, Bohernabreena on Thursday (18th January) arriving for 10am Funeral Mass, followed by burial in Bohernabreena.”

In 2006, Kevin Walsh was convicted of the manslaughter of James Burke (20) in a park area in Liffey Valley in September 2005.

The trial heard that Walsh, who was aged 16 at the time, fatally attacked the victim because he was English. Mr Burke’s body remained in a field near Liffey Valley shopping centre for two days before being found.

Walsh was charged with murder but later found guilty of manslaughter.

The killer, who had 34 previous convictions at the time, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment with the final five years suspended.

In 2013 was jailed for the violent hijacking of a taxi.