Ireland has recorded 47 homicides so far in 2024

Four gun killings occurred – two on each side of the border.

A Mirror analysis shows that, as of last night, 47 homicides have occurred in Ireland so far in 2024.

That is an increase of seven on last year’s figure of 40 – or a hike of 17.5 per cent. Of the 47, 30 died in the State and 17 in the North, which is a percentage split of 64/36.

Four gun killings occurred – two on each side of the border. That is an increase of one on last year’s figure. The gun deaths represent 8.5 per cent of the total. There were 22 assaults – nearly 47 per cent – and 16 stabbings, 34 per cent.

Two per cent, one death, was a case of vehicular homicide and another four, or over eight per cent, had other causes of death. Thirty-four victims, or over 72 per cent, of victims were male and 13 were female, or nearly 28 per cent.

Charges have been laid in most cases. Someone was charged in 39, or 83 per cent, of cases. Only eight, or 17 per cent, have no charges to date.

A small number of cases either side of the border occurred when people died after alleged assaults and they are not included in our statistics. That is because in each case the accused has not been charged with murder or manslaughter.

The statistics also do not include the case of young Kyran Durnin. The Drogheda, Co Louth, child was six when he was last seen in 2022, but the case was only upgraded to murder in October 2024. But gardai believe he died in 2022.

Dublin, Ireland’s most populated county, had 11 deaths, while Antrim – which includes most of Belfast – had seven.

Cork and Down had four deaths while Derry, Kildare and Down had three each. Carlow, Tyrone and Wexford had two each. And counties Louth, Armagh, Tipperary, Laois, Mayo and Waterford had one death each.

Here is a timeline of the violent deaths in 2024.

January 7: Kevin Walsh, 34, is stabbed in Tallaght, south Dublin. No charges.

January 9: Kevin Conway, 25, is shot in Belfast. Two men have been charged with his murder

February 2: Blake Newland, 17, dies after an incident in Limavady, Co Derry. Three men have been charged with murder.

February 6: Michael ‘Micky’ Foley, 61, dies after an incident at his home in Macroom, Co Cork. Two people have been charged.

February 8: Jeffrey Jackson, 50, dies after an incident at an apartment in Kilcock, Co Kildare. One man charged with his murder.

February 9: Matthew Purcell-Healy, 6, dies after an incident in Tramore, Co Waterford. A woman has been charged with his murder.

February 25: Paddy O’Mahony, 84, is shot dead at his home in Castlemaine, Co Kerry. A man has been charged with his murder.

February 27: Michael Whelan, 64, dies after an incident at his home in Rialto, south Dublin. A man has been charged.

March 6: Joseph Brennan, in his late 30s, dies after an assault in central Belfast. No charges.

March 15: Ian Baitson, 33, dies after an incident at a car park in Cobh, Co Cork. One man has been charged.

March 21: Bobby McKee, 69, dies after an incident at a house in Kilkeel, Co Down. A man has been charged.

March 20: Josip Strok, 31, dies after an incident in Clondalkin, Co Dublin. Three men have been charged with his murder.

April 15: Shane Knott, 36, dies after an incident at a house in Naas, Co Kildare. A man has been charged.

April 24: Tom Connors, 35, dies after being deliberately struck by a car in Ballon, Co Carlow. No charges.

April 3: Pat Muckian, 81, dies after an incident at a house in Dundalk, Co Louth. A man has been charged.

April 6: Josh Itseli, 20, dies after he is shot by an associate with an AR-15 assault rifle in Drimnagh, south Dublin. No charges.

May 12: Ion Daghi, 39, dies after an incident at his home in Sallins, Co Kildare. A man has been charged with his murder.

May 15: Kathryn ‘Kat’ Parton, 34, dies after an incident at a house in east Belfast. A man has been charged with her murder.

May 27: Ger Kennelly, 36, dies following an incident at Knockanure in Co Kerry. Three people have been charged with his murder.

June 2: Patricia “Patsy” Aust, 81, dies after an incident at a property in Bangor, Co Down. A man has been charged with her murder.

June 9: Marky Carroll, 34, is stabbed to death in Finglas, north Dublin. No charges.

June 15: Michael McConville, 74, dies after an incident in Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. A man has been charged with his murder.

June 20: Michael Ryan, 51, dies after an incident in Finglas, north Dublin. A man has been charged with his murder.

June 23: Canadian tourist Neno Dolmajian, 42, dies after an incident on Dublin’s O’Connell Street. A man has been charged with his murder.

June 28: Paudie O’Connor, 42, dies after an incident in Castleisland, Co Kerry. A man has been charged with his murder.

July 20: Kevin Davidson, 34, is found dead at a property in central Belfast. Two people have been charged with his murder.

July 26: Jordan Pakenham, 20, dies after an incident in Tallaght, south Dublin. A man has been charged with his murder.

August 2: Daena Walsh, 27, dies after an incident at her home in Midleton, Co Cork. A man has been charged with her murder.

August 4: Josephine Ray, 89, is found asphyxiated at home in Thurles, Co Tipperary. No charges have been laid in her case.

August 18: Sophie Watson, 57, is found dead at a property in Magherafelt. Co Derry. A man has been charged with her murder.

August 24: The body of Montserrat Martorell is found at a property in Derry City. A man has been charged with her murder.

September 13: Rachel Simpson, 43, is found dead at her home in east Belfast. A man has been charged with her murder.

October 10: Martin Salinger, 43, dies after an incident in his cell at Cloverhill Prison in west Dublin. A man has been charged.

October 6: Kyle McDermott, 24, dies after an incident in Ballymagorry, Co Tyrone. A man has been charged with his manslaughter.

October 8: Mary Ward, 22, is found dead at her home in Belfast. A man has been charged.

October 12: John McGowan, 60, dies after an incident at the Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in Laois. A man has been charged.

October 13: Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa, 1, dies after an incident at her home in Dungannon, Co Tyrone. A woman has been charged with manslaughter, and a man has been charged with murder.

October 15: The body of Stephen Ring, 27, is found in a quarry outside Wexford Town. A man has been charged with his murder.

October 22: Darren Quigley, 30, dies after an incident in Carlow town. A woman has been charged.

October 23: John Casserly, 58, dies in an apartment in Ballina, Co Mayo. A man has been charged with his murder.

November 2: Tony Miskimmon, 74, dies after an incident in Antrim town. A man has been charged with his manslaughter.

November 26: Josh Fowler, 63, is stabbed to death outside his home in Finglas, Dublin. Nobody has been charged.

December 2: Malika Noor Al Katib, 8, dies after an incident at her home in New Ross, Co Wexford. A man has been charged.

December 4: Vanessa O’Callaghan, 36, dies in hospital in Cork, four days after she was assaulted in the city. Nobody has been charged.

December 13: Finance professor Scott George, 76, dies after an incident near Balbriggan, Co Dublin. A man has been charged.

December 14: Karen Cummings, 40, dies after an incident in Banbridge, Co Down. Two men have been charged.

December 26: Mark Dorrian, 50, dies after an incident in Newtownards, Co Down. Two people have been charged.

James Smith