Aidan Moffitt
Died April 2022
Who they were
Aidan was 42, originally from Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon, a well-known local auctioneer and Fine Gael activist.
What happened
On Monday 11 April 2022, Aidan was found murdered in his home in Sligo. The next night Michael Snee was found murdered in his flat about a kilometre away. Police believed the killer had met the victims through a dating app. In October 2023 he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment for both murders.
Verdict / confirmation
Central Criminal Court, Dublin, 23 Oct 2023: life imprisonment for both murders (guilty pleas).
Perpetrator: A 22-year-old whose Iraqi Kurdish family came to Ireland in 2006 under a UN refugee resettlement programme (Irish Times, RTÉ).