Jozef Puska found guilty of the murder of Ashling Murphy.
The 33-year-old father of five, originally from the small village of Lučivná beneath the Tatras in the Poprad district in Slovakia, arrived in Ireland in 2013 where he was provided a home in Muchlagh and €200 a week in disability allowance. He said he originally lived in Dublin 1, moving to Tullamore in 2015.
Puska told the court that he had previously lived in Bratislava for about 3 years and then 5 years in the Czech Republic where he worked 'all over Prague on building sites'. Then "somehow I came here."
Asked then about his back problems, he said he thought they began sometime in 2017. No medical records were presented but he told the court he had worked until he had 'the accident' and subsequently started receiving a 'pension'. He said he developed the back problems from 'lifting heavy things' — "One day I couldn't stand up. I had a slipped disc."
The mayor of Lučivná, Monika Kičáková, told Slovakian reporters that the family moved out of their village 20 years ago. She knew Jozef's father as she went to school with him and promised to give a statement after the trial. According to Councillor Jozef Fronc, the Roma community all lived more or less separately on the outskirts of the village.
The reporters did not learn anything about Jozef from his old school. One teacher they met knew about the murder, but didn't know Jozef. "Most of the teachers have been here since 2019, we don't have any who could remember him from the time when he attended the school," she shrugged.
The local Roma did not want to speak much about 'Jožko' Puska, as they called him, but one older man told reporters: "Jožko is a very good boy, we don't believe he would do something like that. He is from a decent family. He has three brothers and all of them, including their parents, gradually moved to Ireland. They went there to find a better life, because here you can't live decently when you don't have a job. They don't make distinctions there."
The European Commission have estimated 37,500 Roma now live in Ireland.
The man refused to show the reporters the house where the family lived but a woman standing nearby discreetly pointed to an old village house. It looked as if someone lived in it. "Neighbors take care of the houses of those who are abroad and make sure that no one steals them, sets them on fire or moves in," Mrs. Helena told them.
The two men outside a local store didn't want to talk at first, but then one of them who asked to remain anonymous remarked: "Jožo was a classmate of mine. He was no innocent, such a weirdo, but aggressive, he sometimes had a fight with Roma people, but also with whites. He even had a low grade for behavior. I wouldn't want to get a load from them!"
He pointed towards the edge of the village, where the Roma lived.
One of houses was confirmed by passers-by and neighbors to be belonging to the Puskas. "They are in Ireland, no one is home," said one neighbor. "Yes, they all used to live here. It's been about five years since they moved to Ireland, I don't know more," said distant relative Paulína Kokiová.
"I didn't know who it was until this morning when my father told me that it was the person in question," added the neighbor. Relatives of Jozef also lived near the house. "I'm a cousin. He was a great person," said one, but he did not want to answer any more questions.
Though Jozef Puska had been able to organise disability allowance for himself as a result of a 'back problems' in Ireland, he told the court that he never went to seek help for any memory problems he believed he might be suffering from, despite all the Roma-specific healthcare initiatives laid out by the Irish government like The Roma Wellbeing and Integration Project, Cairde's National Roma Infoline, and Crosscare's Roma Community Support service.
He suggested these memory problems may have contributed to him not remembering that he confessed to gardaí who interviewed him in hospital that he was responsible for murdering Ashling Murphy.
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The 33-year-old father of five, originally from the small village of Lučivná beneath the Tatras in the Poprad district in Slovakia, arrived in Ireland in 2013 where he was provided a home in Muchlagh and €200 a week in disability allowance. He said he originally lived in Dublin 1, moving to Tullamore in 2015.
Puska told the court that he had previously lived in Bratislava for about 3 years and then 5 years in the Czech Republic where he worked 'all over Prague on building sites'. Then "somehow I came here."
Asked then about his back problems, he said he thought they began sometime in 2017. No medical records were presented but he told the court he had worked until he had 'the accident' and subsequently started receiving a 'pension'. He said he developed the back problems from 'lifting heavy things' — "One day I couldn't stand up. I had a slipped disc."
The mayor of Lučivná, Monika Kičáková, told Slovakian reporters that the family moved out of their village 20 years ago. She knew Jozef's father as she went to school with him and promised to give a statement after the trial. According to Councillor Jozef Fronc, the Roma community all lived more or less separately on the outskirts of the village.
The reporters did not learn anything about Jozef from his old school. One teacher they met knew about the murder, but didn't know Jozef. "Most of the teachers have been here since 2019, we don't have any who could remember him from the time when he attended the school," she shrugged.
The local Roma did not want to speak much about 'Jožko' Puska, as they called him, but one older man told reporters: "Jožko is a very good boy, we don't believe he would do something like that. He is from a decent family. He has three brothers and all of them, including their parents, gradually moved to Ireland. They went there to find a better life, because here you can't live decently when you don't have a job. They don't make distinctions there."
The European Commission have estimated 37,500 Roma now live in Ireland.
The man refused to show the reporters the house where the family lived but a woman standing nearby discreetly pointed to an old village house. It looked as if someone lived in it. "Neighbors take care of the houses of those who are abroad and make sure that no one steals them, sets them on fire or moves in," Mrs. Helena told them.
The two men outside a local store didn't want to talk at first, but then one of them who asked to remain anonymous remarked: "Jožo was a classmate of mine. He was no innocent, such a weirdo, but aggressive, he sometimes had a fight with Roma people, but also with whites. He even had a low grade for behavior. I wouldn't want to get a load from them!"
He pointed towards the edge of the village, where the Roma lived.
One of houses was confirmed by passers-by and neighbors to be belonging to the Puskas. "They are in Ireland, no one is home," said one neighbor. "Yes, they all used to live here. It's been about five years since they moved to Ireland, I don't know more," said distant relative Paulína Kokiová.
"I didn't know who it was until this morning when my father told me that it was the person in question," added the neighbor. Relatives of Jozef also lived near the house. "I'm a cousin. He was a great person," said one, but he did not want to answer any more questions.
Though Jozef Puska had been able to organise disability allowance for himself as a result of a 'back problems' in Ireland, he told the court that he never went to seek help for any memory problems he believed he might be suffering from, despite all the Roma-specific healthcare initiatives laid out by the Irish government like The Roma Wellbeing and Integration Project, Cairde's National Roma Infoline, and Crosscare's Roma Community Support service.
He suggested these memory problems may have contributed to him not remembering that he confessed to gardaí who interviewed him in hospital that he was responsible for murdering Ashling Murphy.
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Proces, ktorý sleduje celé Írsko: Slovák obvinený z vraždy mladej učiteľky sa postavil pred súd
V Írsku sa začal súdny proces v prípade vraždy mladej učiteľky Ashling Murphyovej, z ktorej je obvinený Slovák Jozef Puška (31), informuje portál denníka Irish Mirror.
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Jozef Puska was suspected to have threatened to take his own life last Tuesday evening in Dublin's Cloverhill prison - but prison officers stepped in immediately and prevented any action.
Puska was then assessed and said that he wanted to be present in court the next day.
He then arrived in court on Thursday and ultimately began to give testimony in his own defence on the witness stand.
When the jury were not in the room Mr Justice Hunt warned the defence that he did not want any more “self induced excuses” from the accused.
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Puska was then assessed and said that he wanted to be present in court the next day.
He then arrived in court on Thursday and ultimately began to give testimony in his own defence on the witness stand.
When the jury were not in the room Mr Justice Hunt warned the defence that he did not want any more “self induced excuses” from the accused.
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The reaction from Jozef Puska's parents to being found guilty of the murder of Ashling Murphy:
Puska told the court his parents drove him from Mucklagh to their apartment in Crumlin on the night he murdered Ashling Murphy and that he had asked family members to burn his clothes.
In June, Jozef Puska's partner Lucia Istokova (34) and his two brothers Marek (34) & Lubomir (35) appeared in court in connection with the investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy, and were charged with failing to disclose information to gardaí between the 12th and 14th of January, 2022.
Two other Slovakian nationals, Jozefina Grundzova (33) and Viera Gaziova (38) were charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a person between the same dates.
None were called to give evidence during Jozef Puska's trial.
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Puska's family were upset and angry. His father spoke loudly in Slovak. An elderly woman held up small cross and shook it at people saying "everyone in this room, Jesus."
Puska told the court his parents drove him from Mucklagh to their apartment in Crumlin on the night he murdered Ashling Murphy and that he had asked family members to burn his clothes.
In June, Jozef Puska's partner Lucia Istokova (34) and his two brothers Marek (34) & Lubomir (35) appeared in court in connection with the investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy, and were charged with failing to disclose information to gardaí between the 12th and 14th of January, 2022.
Two other Slovakian nationals, Jozefina Grundzova (33) and Viera Gaziova (38) were charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a person between the same dates.
None were called to give evidence during Jozef Puska's trial.
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Former Neighbours of Josef Puska in Mucklagh have told the Daily Mail that the couple 'had no respect' for their five-bedroom council house, which was situated in a well-kept cul-de-sac in Lynally Grove.
One elderly resident told the Mail: 'I'd be very happy if I never hear that bastard's name ever again.
'I remember him being here. I remember the mess that was in the front of the house, bags of rubbish everywhere.'
'There were always people coming and going at all hours. There was noise. There were problems with rats and everything.'
A source told the Mail that Puska, who insisted on an interpreter to help him understand the court proceedings, appeared to have a better grasp of English when arguing for a bigger home than the 'broken understanding' he displayed at the trial.
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One elderly resident told the Mail: 'I'd be very happy if I never hear that bastard's name ever again.
'I remember him being here. I remember the mess that was in the front of the house, bags of rubbish everywhere.'
'There were always people coming and going at all hours. There was noise. There were problems with rats and everything.'
A source told the Mail that Puska, who insisted on an interpreter to help him understand the court proceedings, appeared to have a better grasp of English when arguing for a bigger home than the 'broken understanding' he displayed at the trial.
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Jozef Puska is also suspected of assaulting another woman in the UK but was never convicted.
He told the court he only lived in Prague before 'somehow' coming to Ireland.
Following his arrest, gardaí established that Puska had sent messages to women across Offaly on the Badoo app. Investigators suspect he was using the app to identify other women to kill.
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He told the court he only lived in Prague before 'somehow' coming to Ireland.
Following his arrest, gardaí established that Puska had sent messages to women across Offaly on the Badoo app. Investigators suspect he was using the app to identify other women to kill.
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Dr. Eoin Lenihan: The Gaslighting of Irish Men by Politicians & Journalists after the Brutal Murder of Ashling Murphy is Shameful.
The whole post is worth a read: He rips into the statistics the regime are attempting to spin as proof of 'toxic masculinity' to explain Ashling Murphy's murder.
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The whole post is worth a read: He rips into the statistics the regime are attempting to spin as proof of 'toxic masculinity' to explain Ashling Murphy's murder.
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Josef Puska's house in Lučivná, Slovakia for comparison to the five bedroom detached house the council provided him in Mucklagh. I wonder did he declare this Slovakian home on his housing application.
But you can see the attraction of Ireland for the 37,500 Roma who live here despite only 16.7% self-reporting as finding employment according to Pavee Point, who blame the low rate on discrimination by Irish people.
A neighbour in Puska's Slovakian village told a reporter that the family moved to Ireland "to find a better life," because in Slovakia "you can't live decently when you don't have a job" and that "they don't make distinctions" in Ireland.
He's wrong on the last point. Distinctions are made here. For Roma, the State delivers increased supports including supplementary health care while also funding NGOs to lobby in their interest and provide instruction on how to max their benefits.
'Toxic masculinity' didn't create that system.
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But you can see the attraction of Ireland for the 37,500 Roma who live here despite only 16.7% self-reporting as finding employment according to Pavee Point, who blame the low rate on discrimination by Irish people.
A neighbour in Puska's Slovakian village told a reporter that the family moved to Ireland "to find a better life," because in Slovakia "you can't live decently when you don't have a job" and that "they don't make distinctions" in Ireland.
He's wrong on the last point. Distinctions are made here. For Roma, the State delivers increased supports including supplementary health care while also funding NGOs to lobby in their interest and provide instruction on how to max their benefits.
'Toxic masculinity' didn't create that system.
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Jozef Puska ‘will never be free in Ireland’
Why can't they do that for all of them?
This report also says Puska originally claimed he killed Ashling Murphy when she tried to stop him from stabbing himself in attempted suicide but this evidence was not disclosed at his trial for legal reasons. Gardaí believe he made up the story in anticipation of his arrest.
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One security source told The Sunday Times: “Puska will most likely be banned for up to ten years by the justice minister of the day once he has served his sentence. And that ban can then be renewed. The standard ban is three to five years, but in a case like Puska’s it will be more like ten years because of the seriousness of the crime.
“Removal orders are carried out under an EU 2004 directive. He will be sent straight back to Slovakia in handcuffs accompanied by gardai — his feet will never again touch the ground in Ireland as a free man.”
Why can't they do that for all of them?
This report also says Puska originally claimed he killed Ashling Murphy when she tried to stop him from stabbing himself in attempted suicide but this evidence was not disclosed at his trial for legal reasons. Gardaí believe he made up the story in anticipation of his arrest.
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Jozef Puska had never done a day’s work while in Ireland and was on disability benefits since his arrival in 2013, with his wife and children.
The State had the authority to deport his entire family but opted not to, just like the 30%-40% of people registering as homeless in Ireland every month who are recently arrived immigrants with no means to support themselves.
The government encourages and facilitates the worst the EU has to offer to move here and abuse our generosity, or in Puska's case, murder our best. Then to twist the knife in, there are NGOs at the ready to deflect blame onto us.
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The State had the authority to deport his entire family but opted not to, just like the 30%-40% of people registering as homeless in Ireland every month who are recently arrived immigrants with no means to support themselves.
The government encourages and facilitates the worst the EU has to offer to move here and abuse our generosity, or in Puska's case, murder our best. Then to twist the knife in, there are NGOs at the ready to deflect blame onto us.
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Massive turn out at the community meeting in Rosslare today to oppose Great Southern Hotel being used to accommodate asylum seekers.
Locals had been originally enthusiastic about the long-derelict site becoming a 90 bed nursing home, but then learned that the plan had been shelved when a planning application revealed its new owners, Domal Construction, intended to turn the old hotel into another Direct Plantation Centre.
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Locals had been originally enthusiastic about the long-derelict site becoming a 90 bed nursing home, but then learned that the plan had been shelved when a planning application revealed its new owners, Domal Construction, intended to turn the old hotel into another Direct Plantation Centre.
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The young girls sitting across from this man on the DART in Dublin had requested that he stop trying to engage with them. Then after one of the girls started recording him as a security measure, he allegedly attacked her.
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'What's the best way to hoover up votes at plantation centres?'
-Key inquiry at the Immigration Council conference.
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-Key inquiry at the Immigration Council conference.
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Henry Street traders on the displacement of Dubliners.
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It's not our Ireland any more.
We need our Dublin back.
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Moore Street trader on the transformation of Dublin's historic market street.
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It's gone downhill big time...There's an awful lot of Romanians. They stand there drinking and then they're fighting with each other when the booze kicks in. And they're not even drinking lager. They're drinking vodka and brandy, and then they go off their head.
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A foreign man allegedly attacked an elderly woman and her son in a pastry shop in Fairview, Dublin today.
Some staff members and customers managed to secure him, but he allegedly warned them that when 'his people' got there they were 'all going to die'.
They subsequently uncovered that the man had in his possession a number of IDs, wallets and bank cards.
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Some staff members and customers managed to secure him, but he allegedly warned them that when 'his people' got there they were 'all going to die'.
They subsequently uncovered that the man had in his possession a number of IDs, wallets and bank cards.
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