A 23-year-old man charged with the murder of Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court, reports the Irish Times.
Barry Doyle, originally from Portland Row in Dublin, but with an address at Hyde Road in Limerick was served with the Book of Evidence in the case at Limerick District Court today. He is charged with the murder of Shane Geoghegan at Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, Limerick on November 9th last year.
The 28-year-old was shot dead while walking home after watching an international rugby match with friend.
Gardaí in Limerick have arrested four people in connection with the investigation into the murder of a man in 2007, reports the Irish Times.
Jeffrey Hannon (19) was found dead on an open green area in a housing estate at Galtee Drive near the Galvone Industrial Estate on November 22nd, 2007. The father of one died from serious head injuries, which it is understood were inflicted with a heavy, sharp instrument.
Gardaí this morning arrested two men and two women, ranging in ages from late teens to late 30s, in the Limerick area. All four are currently detained under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act at Roxboro Road and Henry Street Garda Stations.
A Belfast estate agent has received substantial libel damages over unfounded claims in the Sunday World newspaper which may have linked him to a murdered loyalist paramilitary leader.
Philip Johnston, who ran a chain of estate agencies in east Belfast, also received an apology from the Sunday World. According to RTE, the case relates to a story in the paper which included claims that an estate agent provided the keys of a safe house UDA leader Jim Gray used to hide a killer
Gray was later shot dead during a loyalist feud.
A 23-year-old man charged with the murder of Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court, reports the Irish Times.
