Mourners at the funeral of Aaron Keenan, the 22 year-old from Deery's Terrace, Inniskeen, Co Monaghan, who died following a motor cycle accident, heard that news of his death had cast a dark shadow on the community and beyond.
The Special Criminal Court heard yesterday that one of the men accused of a vicious assault on Quinn International Holdings (QIH) director Kevin Lunney claims that DNA evidence was planted on a van that subsequently was destroyed by fire.Luke O'Reilly (66) of Mullahoran Lower, Kilcogy, Co Cavan; Alan O'Brien (39) of Shelmalier Road, East Wall, Dublin 3; Darren Redmond (25) from Caledon Road, East Wall, Dublin 3 and a fourth man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all stand accused of false imprisonment and assault causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney in Ballinagh, Co Cavan on September 17th, 2019.
A former All-Ireland winner who stole an "eye-watering" sum of money as part of a cross-border gang that used stolen diggers to pull ATMs from walls has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction after challenging the identification of him at the scene of a foiled raid.