Overview
- A man in his 40s was found dead outside a house on Rockview Terrace in the early hours of Sunday, and investigators believe he was killed in a violent assault.
- The victim has been named locally as 44-year-old Barry Daly, a father of four who worked as a postman in Mallow.
- Gardaí believe attackers, some armed with a golf club, followed Mr Daly and his teenage son from the village centre to their home before the attack.
- A golf club recovered at the scene has been sent for DNA and fingerprint analysis, following a preliminary examination by Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster.
- Detectives are seeking several suspects in their late teens or early 20s and are appealing for CCTV or dashcam footage from midnight to 2am in Doneraile, with no arrests reported.