The Latest Breaking News from Michael Bowman SC

Mr Justice George Birmingham this morning delivered the judgement of the three-judge court, dismissing all grounds of appeal including a claim by Dwyer's lawyers that the use of call data records at his trial should lead to a retrial

Detective Superintendent John O'Flaherty said gardaí only ever had one suspect in the case: Aaron Connolly

Remy Farrell SC, for Dwyer, said mobile phone data should not have been admitted as evidence in his client’s trial as the retention of that data was a breach of his rights under the European Charter of Fundamental Rights

Daniel Goulding, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and lives with a threat against his life, pleaded guilty to attempting to murder the two gardai.