“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.

Darren Quigley died on Monday 21 October at approximately 11.30pm after he was fatally stabbed four times

Mr Quigley had been stabbed four times in the chest and back

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.