{"id":60200,"date":"2025-10-04T01:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/60200\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T01:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:21:09","slug":"man-29-charged-over-finglas-murder-of-anthony-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/60200\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (29) charged over\u00a0Finglas murder of Anthony Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>breaking\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_medium sw-1d70522a_marginbottom4 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Ryan Brennan appeared at Dublin District Court accused of the murder of the Dublin grandad who was injured at his home in Dunsink Green, on November 26\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anthony \u2018Josh\u2019 Fowler (inset) and the scene in Finglas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06bd1f7a-32ce-461a-8d69-fcc413160fd3.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">Anthony \u2018Josh\u2019 Fowler (inset) and the scene in Finglas<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom0 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A man has been remanded in custody after he was charged today with the murder of a 63-year-old grandfather in a stabbing in Finglas, Dublin, last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Ryan Brennan (29) of Lanesborough, Finglas, appeared at Dublin District Court accused of the murder of Anthony Fowler, who was injured at his home in Dunsink Green, on November 26, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Garda\u00ed and emergency services were called to the scene shortly after midnight when Mr Fowler, a grandfather and father of four, known locally as Josh, was found on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anthony \u2018Josh\u2019 Fowler (inset) and the scene in Finglas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06bd1f7a-32ce-461a-8d69-fcc413160fd3.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">Anthony \u2018Josh\u2019 Fowler (inset) and the scene in Finglas<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">News in 90 Seconds &#8211; October 3rd     <\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">He was taken to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Judge Grainne Malone heard that Mr Brennan was arrested at 2.40pm and brought to Finglas station to be charged. Giving evidence, Garda Sergeant Shane Behan said the accused \u201cmade no reply\u201d and was handed a copy of the charge sheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Judge Malone said that due to the nature of the alleged offence, the only order she could make was for a remand in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">The District Court does not have jurisdiction to consider bail in a murder case, which requires an application to be made before the High Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Dressed in a black jacket and tracksuit bottoms, Mr Brennan sat silently at the side of the court for his brief hearing. He has not yet indicated how he will plead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Following an application by defence solicitor Stephan O\u2019Mahony, legal aid was granted after the court heard the accused was not in employment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">The solicitor had no other applications and informed the judge that his client had no medical issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Mr Brennan will appear again via video link at Cloverhill District Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">The State have yet to complete and serve a book of evidence on him before the Director of Public Prosecutions seeks an order that he be returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"breaking\u00a0|\u00a0 Ryan Brennan appeared at Dublin District Court accused of the murder of the Dublin grandad who was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-60200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","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\/60200","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=60200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}