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Updated 1.20pm
A MAN WHO was found dead in an apartment in Sligo was stabbed, a post-mortem has confirmed.
Gardaí said this afternoon that Martin (Matt) Kivlehan (59), who was found dead in his apartment yesterday, died of stab wounds.
A murder investigation has now begun.
The local community are said to be in shock at the discovery of his body, with one local councillor describing him as “a gentleman”. Kivlehan was well-known in Sligo.
Arrests
Gardaí said this morning that two people have been arrested in connection with the death. A man in his late 20s and a woman in her mid 20s were arrested in the Sligo town area last night.
They are currently detained at Sligo Garda Station.
Matt Kivlehan’s body was found in his apartment on Holborn Street in Sligo just after 1pm yesterday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and the investigation is ongoing.
Shock
Sligo People Before Profit councillor Seamus O’Boyle knew Matt Kivlehan for over 30 years and said he was “very shocked” by his death.
“He was a gentleman – a real gentleman,” he told TheJournal.ie.
He was a talented musician along with other members of his family. He was reared four doors up from where he died. The Forthill area is the oldest area in Sligo, and the close-knit community are in shock.
He added: “All we can do is stand by [his family] and help out in any way we can.”
Matt Kivlehan was understood to have suffered from some ill health in recent times. As well as being a musician, he was also known for being a talented carpenter.
Gardaí are continuing to appeal for witnesses who may have been in the vicinity of Holborn Street between 10pm on Sunday night, 2 August and 1pm on bank holiday Monday, 3 August to contact the incident room at Sligo Garda Station 071 – 9157000, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any garda Station.
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This is such a dreadful thing to happen, I cannot for the life of me understand how any human being can so needlessly take the life of another. Strength to the victims family & friends & I may he R.I.P.
People are becoming more evil, murder, crime and being nasty is second nature to many these days…
People were always evil. Homicides are down in most 1st world countries. A fact of life that there will always be s((bags out there
As the saying goes if God doesn’t destroy us now he will have to apologise for Sodom and Gomorrah lol.
But people have absorbed the western ideals of greed and aggression to prove they are with the right crows and to prove that they are real men and this c-rap is coming from the U.S. People are changing and not for the better… in my view.
Condolenses to this Gentleman’s family and friends…May he rest in peace, Amen.
Gone are the days when an argument was settled outside. a good scrap, a bloodied nose, a shiner, or a thick lip, and that was it.
Now it’s knives, guns, etc, how have we ended up here..It is frightening to say the least..
Rip terrible thing to happen to any human being.
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