{"id":503204,"date":"2026-06-16T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503204\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:56:11","slug":"waterford-death-gardai-probe-if-man-had-driven-noreen-dalys-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503204\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterford death: Garda\u00ed probe if man had driven Noreen Daly\u2019s car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garda\u00ed are investigating reports that a man arrested in relation to the violent death of a woman<\/a> in rural Co Waterford<\/a> was seen driving in the victim\u2019s car at around the time.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed have also heard from local inquiries that the suspect has been involved in various disputes with people, but nothing considered serious or violent.<\/p>\n

The victim, named locally as Noreen Daly<\/a>, was aged 81. She lived alone at Ardsallagh, a rural area on the border with Co Cork.<\/p>\n

It is understood that a local person, concerned for her welfare, contacted garda\u00ed at around 2pm on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ms Daly suffered a violent death at her home, suffering multiple injuries.<\/p>\n

The attack happened early on Monday or, possibly, over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed<\/a> arrested a man from the general area on Tuesday in connection with the investigation. The 33-year-old knew the woman but was not related to her.<\/p>\n

It is understood Ms Daly is originally from Grenagh, Co Cork<\/a>, but lived most of her life with her husband, Michael, in Monkstown, south county Dublin.<\/p>\n

They had a holiday home in Ardsallagh, where her husband, who was originally from the nearby town of Dungarvan, spent much of his youth. The couple did not have children.<\/p>\n

Her husband died in late 2023 and Ms Daly is believed to have recently sold her house in Dublin and moved permanently to Ardsallagh about eight weeks ago. She was active in the local area.<\/p>\n

Forensic examination\u00a0<\/p>\n

The crime scene was sealed off and objects were taken away for forensic tests. A technical examination was conducted at the house.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed were told by local people that they saw the suspect driving in Ms Daly\u2019s car on Monday and possibly beforehand.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed also received reports of the suspect having disputes or \u201cfalling outs\u201d with people in the area, though sources said they were not violent.<\/p>\n

It is thought that there might have been some concern about the recent \u201cstability\u201d of the suspect.<\/p>\n

An autopsy was carried out on Tuesday at University Hospital Waterford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The suspect was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, which allows for a maximum period of detention of 24 hours, excluding sleep breaks.<\/p>\n

Senior officers were in contact with the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding the evidence gathered and what, if anything, was said by the suspect during interviews.<\/p>\n

‘A lovely friendly woman’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Waterford Fine Gael councillor Pat Nugent said: \u201cNoreen was a lovely, friendly woman. She was also a wonderful singer with a strong interest in opera.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post, Clashmore and Kinsalebeg Community Council said Noreen was \u201cvery much involved in the local community\u201d including traditional music, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Ardmore Choir, and tai chi.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoreen was 81 but she would not like to be described as elderly,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are investigating reports that a man arrested in relation to the violent death of a woman in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[191786,45,79,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-503204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-waterford-news","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-cork-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503204","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=503204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}