R806 road (Ireland)

R806 road
Bóthar R806
Aughrim Street, on the R806
Location
Country	Ireland
Primary destinations	Dublin
Highway system
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional

The R806 road is a regional road in Dublin, Ireland.

The official definition of the R806 from the Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 states:^[1][2]

R806: Blanchardstown - Manor Street, Dublin

Between its junction with N3 at Blanchardstown Bypass in the county of Fingal and its junction with R805 at Manor Street in the city of Dublin via Navan Road and Castleknock Road in the county of Fingal: Blackhorse Avenue and Aughrim Street in the city of Dublin.

Discovery of Rudo Mawere's body

On the morning of 29 January 2012 a woman's body was discovered in a large holdall bag in front of a house on Saint David's Terrace, a short distance from Blackhorse Avenue and McKee Barracks.^[3] The scene was sealed off and the State Pathologist was alerted.^[3] It was believed her body was deliberately dumped near bins in the hope it would be collected as rubbish.^[4] Later that day the Gardaí identified the woman as a Malawian student who was in her 20s and had died by asphyxiation, but would not officially name the victim until her relatives have been informed.^[5] Two days later the victim was identified as 26 year old care worker Rudo Mawere^[6] who had been living on Leinster Road, Rathmines.^[7] That same day Gardaí searched a house in Aughrim Street, Stoneybatter, a short distance away, where her boyfriend lived and which had been linked in connection with her murder.^[8] On 1 February 2012 the main suspect in her murder, a Zimbabwean national, was found dead in a Kent wood by a dog walker.^[9] It was believed the man left the country through Northern Ireland and had travelled onwards by ferry to Britain.^[10]

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• National primary road
• Regional road

References

1. Statutory Instrument 188 of 2006 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006, Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
2. Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine – Department of Transport. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
3. "Woman's body discovered in bag on Dublin street". Irish Examiner. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
4. Brady, Tom; Kelpie, Colm (30 January 2012). "Suitcase murder victim was suffocated and dumped alongside rubbish bins". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
5. "Woman's body found in bag in Dublin". RTE. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
6. "Flat sealed off in Dublin murder inquiry". RTE. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
7. Hogan, Louise; Kelpie, Colm (31 January 2012). "Sunday-school teacher Rudo was well-liked and loved children". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
8. Carroll, Steven (31 January 2012). "Gardaí in body in suitcase murder inquiry search Stoneybatter house". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
9. "Rudo Mawere murder suspect found dead in UK". RTE. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
10. "Chief suspect in Dublin body bag murder found hanged in England". The Guardian. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.