The house where Shaun Duffy once lived sits a short distance up a lane that doesn’t look like it’s used much. The bungalow with a small front porch lies vacant, commanding stunning views of Traighenna Strand. In the clear light of day it’s hard to imagine such darkness being visited on this place. But in the early hours of January 29, 2005, Shaun Duffy was murdered in a brutal attack that sent shockwaves through the locality. The aftershocks on the close-knit community he came from can still be felt to this day. The 36-year-old was set upon when he returned home after a night out. An inquest into his death in 2010 found that he had been stabbed several times, suffered numerous blows to the head and a crossbow arrow had gone through his right arm. His brother Kevin, who had been socialising with him the night before, knew something was wrong when he called to Shaun’s home the next day. “The inside door on the porch, which my brother always used, wasn’t locked. I knew straight away something was wrong because he always locked it,” he told the inquest into his brother’s death. “I found Shaun inside lying face… Read full this story
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