{"id":293431,"date":"2026-02-12T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/293431\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T02:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:50:08","slug":"us-man-thought-he-was-ordained-by-god-to-kill-father-during-psychotic-episode-in-laois-hotel-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/293431\/","title":{"rendered":"US man thought he was &#039;ordained by God&#039; to kill father during psychotic episode in Laois hotel &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxQU3JTTEo5X2g4dUZGWFg3UW55MTBlekZxXzZ0SHdUb0pmMXlSR3NFajNzYk5kMm90WkMxQTdmZ2wwUlYyZUE3UURBQ2lUeWJMQzkyeno5YTR0Sm9iUk55a0JFN2VoRy1oQXZ0czMtQnFVQ0d2aldkUkhRNVR1UTlBbU1lWkJIMnUzTXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US man thought he was &#8216;ordained by God&#8217; to kill father during psychotic episode in Laois hotel<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTFBIWm1wNnNpckdpSEZzQUhPWEVNVEgtYUUzMnZnbnRCVEZHVXhocnJQNEMyMDdEYkhFOGdJb1d2eklJVGZOYy1iTk5zdHA4WXp1TWp4RDlwcW5PWDNYUlJ5RjFWMUJKRWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Court told murder accused engaged in impulsive behaviour<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxQU3BOZ05oVTR4WGRQd3hzOTlwLVZ1Ym1LZ0E0aVpDbGJjZFUtbDRxV21vaGoxU3MwT3FKVGFvRzNIOE1yenA5SzZWRmJyYzktdzRFWkZidDhHZGxxOTZIajNxcjVibHEyU3pEUHhuQUIwRmZoTVFIRXlxMVQ3TTNEY1RDVDFTZ2V2SndCRmNnNVBISHMtQklhZFJKcDlxdzh1X1VvTEVZX2l4MUdNMmpSbDNaUnFkQjZZMWlJbVJRUmF6RG1qN0UwY0FEdE1UbWhHZm9wY2FNVnBTdUlaamVv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US man told father he would \u2018always love him\u2019 as he strangled him at Ballyfin Demesne, court hears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPUW9WSGlEdTB6V2xFQ1NvSFc0bWJhQlJYcU9weHgwdS1tTk91emNiMExZVWdsaUF6SXlxYXV6aXpwbkRJMjhtWFJwZzI4Zmdmb3lGUjVZYVBGNGJZYWJROGxjdzZGQ01FUTdBQlJWYzRfc0J0SFV6VlU0eVR5YnpMcmVORXh4eEl0cTFF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man Accused of Murdering His Father Once Sought to Seize Stranger\u2019s Baby<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAJBVV95cUxNeEoyV3psdk9GT3RrRW00RFdyZzJaZ3dHY0kteV9rem1lbU9kZ2xJNmcwUWN2NXY2MlAyUENQTmFULWo1RnI2Z0t4TlZGenFPbE0yZVdXRlJZNU9hWG52M3pvMEpwdlh1V182Q1JoS0NtRFZ2RUpCT3VuQWZjV2dOTVhqRHBMRFRyOXJUeFhEWEVrN3dKdmFya1dlV21PZVZVRmRLOXBYc2Z6VzBtRWNYOWlRWDd1SUdfYlRta1IyM1ZndEVfcjBpaFBzYkhnaG5NX2tTNFZVUHNWM3FzZDdycVo3T0pMMGFqV2tWRjNrd193VktwQXJVU2puSTlqTXVUMm1HNQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Trail of the American Man who killed father but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity has begun<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US man thought he was &#8216;ordained by God&#8217; to kill father during psychotic episode in Laois hotel&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalCourt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3115,139438,54,42,139439,140112,8285,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-293431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-ballyfin-demesne","9":"tag-ballyfin-demesne-hotel","10":"tag-courts","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-henry-mcgowan","13":"tag-john-mcgowan","14":"tag-laois","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}