“I didn’t confront Darren, I didn’t lay a finger on him, I was there to support,” Conor O’Brien (24) told gardaí, outlining his actions on the night 30-year-old Darren Quigley received a fatal stab wound to the leg.

A father-of-two who died following an assault on Monday night in Carlow town was known for his “big heart” mourners at his requiem mass heard this morning

A woman, in her 30s, was arrested during a follow-up operation in Carlow town a short time later, involving local gardaí and the Armed Response Unit.