The Killing of Fr Niall Molloy

I knew Fr Molloy, but I was not his friend or confidant. He always struck me exactly how he was described in the program - a pleasant, affable gentleman( in all the good and positive meanings of the word). I never heard a word of speculation of him being "a boyo with the ladies". His interest in horses was longstanding and well known.

After that I can only speculate like others. I always assumed that this was caused by money, and that the circumstances in which he died were close to what was described by Richard Flynn.

I find it hard to believe the story of a crowd witnessing the act itself. Someone would have spilled the beans since then if this was the case. I have to admit that I am puzzled about why Fr Molloy (appeared to be) planning to tackle his friends about non repayment of a personal loan. Was the weekend of their family wedding, much less on the day after the big day, when there appeared to be a second gathering organised not the worst time to do that? I was of the opinion (with no evidence) that Fr Molloy was the one under financial pressure and needed his money back pronto.

I am sceptical over the findings of the re examination of PM material in 2011. This is some 26 years after the event, and stated that 6 odd hours had passed between injury and death. Surely the material had to have deteriorated in the course of the PM and / or 26 years. It seemed to be far too exact to accommodate the gap between when death was reported and guests leaving the party, and I assume the it would have been more obvious at the PM.

I think the real story is what happened in court. How the case was terminated and why. Why no appeal? The DPP reviewed material in 2012, and adjudged there was no merit in proceeding.

It's obvious that they wanted him to die. Dead men can't talk.

You are watching to many mafia or Love Hate type programs where the baddies beat up people or kill them over a debt.

What if the financial partnership he had with Theresa was just a front to fleece him?

What if he found out that documents that were supposed to include his name as a partner didn't have his name at all and thus in legal terms she owned everything?

Then you are looking at fraud.

And would you put it past someone that later tried to claim life insurance on him ?

His house was broken into and searched.

For what ?

If he dies, if the paperwork linking him to any partnership doesn't exist anywhere, the ownership of any assets (horses, land, etc) are all in her name.

That would solve an awful lots of financial issues for them.

Whatever happened to his will ?

She had been his friend for years and I bet did initially genuinely start off in business with him through their shared love of horses.

But maybe slowly over time the hubbie saw him as a cash cow that could be drained.

Maybe Fr Molloy eventually caught wind of something.

I get the feeling that he was never best friends with the hubbie it was all through her.

Maybe hubbie never liked him anyway and when it kicked off he lost it.

She is supposed to have taken him upstairs after fight with hubbie.

Maybe she tried to reason with him not to go public about dodgy dealing and when he refused she turned on him and then hubbie and others joined in from downstairs?

All she has to claim is that he went for her either physically or sexually and hubbie and others gladly kick the shyte out of him?

That's a good logical theory if the Flynn's were having cash flow problems with their own businesses which it seems they were.

Maybe the local wedding was just planned long before the Flynn’s? He’d hardly cancel then.

Going by Mondays documentary fr Molloy was going to Flynn's with something heavy on his mind...maybe what he said caused ruptions ...this wasn't a planned assualt I would think by the Flynn's on fr Molloy but he may have been a thorn on their side from then on if he survived and literally thought they'd get away with murder by claiming self defence/accidental fall.

That was for a type of life insurance if accidental death...it would have paid out about £1500...his will would his current assets including horses land cash

Too many here are over thinking this situation. It was a straight case over money. Why was he in the Flynn bedroom???. There was obviously discussions over money/ finances.

We know that Richard Flynn's businesses were in trouble. RF comes across as a man that came from a wealthy ( land owning) class. Richspeed was developed on a flawed concept. His was a motor accessories business. You have to understand that till receipts were not not linked to stock as nowadays. Margins were not as high as at present. I expect that RF was just a bad business man on trouble.

For Molloy was looking for his money back and was going to follow through with it. Whether it was RF or Theressa that killed him it is obviously one of them. I actually suspect it was her and she broke down after the event, that is why she had to be removed from the scene she was incapable of managing what happened.

There is no need to look beyond the money

The Flynn wedding was in July and the newly weds had their first baby the following December - so she was 3-4 months pregnant on her wedding day. So perhaps the Flynns wedding planning was rushed. Its highly likely the other wedding was arranged before the Flynns announced they were having a wedding the same day so Fr Molloy stood by his original plans.

Im sure Fr Molloy was possibly annoyed that he was owed money by the Flynns and that weekend they spent so much money on a lavish wedding.

I also notice that when Richard died...at his funeral all his children have a great account of him..... meanwhile when Therese..their mother died ..there is absolutely nothing in the press about her funeral and she dying first...the only thing about her was that Richard was to buried beside her at his burial.