{"id":496576,"date":"2026-05-21T23:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/496576\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:45:14","slug":"selfless-alexander-coughlan-who-died-after-robbery-in-blanchardstown-will-be-deeply-missed-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/496576\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Selfless\u2019 Alexander Coughlan, who died after robbery in Blanchardstown, will be \u2018deeply missed\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The family of Alexander Coughlan have paid tribute to their \u201ccaring and selfless\u201d relative after his \u201cheartbreaking, tragic passing\u201d on Wednesday after being assaulted near his home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Coughlan (37) was a resident of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/blanchardstown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/blanchardstown\/\">Blanchardstown<\/a> and worked for a company in the insurance sector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He previously had a background in sales, working for companies including Sky and PayPal, according to a professional profile. He attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/castleknock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/castleknock\/\">Castleknock<\/a> Community College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Those who knew him told The Irish Times he was a \u201clovely\u201d man, with his colleagues said to have been deeply affected by his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/alex-coughlan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/alex-coughlan\">fundraiser for his funeral<\/a> shared by family, Aoife Lawless, a representative of the family, said Coughlan will be \u201cdeeply missed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAlex was truly loved by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. His kindness, warmth, and presence touched so many lives, and he will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him,\u201d it read. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cHis kindness, warmth, and presence touched so many lives, and he will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIn an incredible final act of kindness and generosity,\u201d Lawless said Coughlan\u2019s organs have been donated to help others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAlex\u2019s organs have been donated to help others in need \u2013 a lasting gift that reflects the caring and selfless person he was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The family thanked the staff at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, where he received care following the assault, for their \u201ccompassion, support, and kindness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Coughlan was assaulted on Mill Road in Blanchardstown at 4.15pm on Sunday. He died in hospital three days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two teenage boys appeared in court on Wednesday charged in relation to the assault and robbery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of Alexander Coughlan have paid tribute to their \u201ccaring and selfless\u201d relative after his \u201cheartbreaking, tragic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[22431,9,10,109242,52,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":["post-496576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-blanchardstown","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-castleknock","tag-dublin","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116615232072445918","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}