LAST UPDATE | 12 May 2023

A WOMAN HAS been remanded in custody after gardaí charged her with the murder of a man in Ballyfermot, Dublin last year.

David Ennis, 36, died after he was stabbed at Claddagh Court in the early hours of 8 November 2022. The deceased had not been a tenant at the council flat complex for older people.

Gardaí and emergency services treated him at the scene but he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Ann Phelan, 48, of no fixed abode, was arrested on Thursday night at Benburb Street in Dublin 7.

She was brought to Clondalkin Garda station to be charged and held pending her appearance before Judge Paula Murphy at Dublin District Court on Friday morning.

Phelan remained silent throughout the brief hearing and is yet to indicate a plea.

Detective Sergeant Ronan McDermott of Ballyfermot station told Judge Murphy that the accused “made no reply” to charge after caution. He added that the DPP had directed “prosecution on indictment in the Central Criminal Court”. He applied for a one-week remand in custody.

The District Court does not have jurisdiction to hear a bail application in a murder case, which requires a High Court application.

Defence solicitor Katie Dowling asked for the case to be adjourned until Thursday. There was no Garda objection.

Judge Murphy remanded Phelan in custody to appear again on 18 May.