AN inquest into the death of teenager Brian Murphy outside Club Anabel nightclub almost six years ago is to be re-opened.

OPPOSITION leader Enda Kenny last night expressed “full confidence” in a high-profile Fine Gael Dáil candidate who called for hard drugs to be decriminalised and for returning Irish missionaries to be tested for HIV.

THE public can be forgiven for harbouring feelings of confusion amid the continuing controversy over the collapse of the trial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte last night demanded to know how many criminal cases may have to be reopened following the collapse of the State’s prosecution of Dermot Laide.

THE parents of Brian Murphy have questioned new evidence produced by the State pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, on the cause of their son’s death outside Dublin’s Club Anabel six years ago.

The only man convicted of the manslaughter of teenager Brian Murphy is prepared to go to the Supreme Court to prevent a retrial going ahead, a court heard today.

The family of the slain teenager Brian Murphy said tonight that the criminal justice system was “in tatters” and had swung too far in favour of the accused.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today quashed the four-year jail sentence for manslaughter given to Dermot Laide in connection with the death of teenager Brian Murphy outside a Dublin nightclub.

Two of the men convicted in connection with the death of teenager Brian Murphy are to learn the results of their appeal today.

The three men convicted in connection with the death of teenager Brian Murphy outside Club Anabel in Dublin four years ago are all anxious to speed up their appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard today.

One of three men convicted in connection with the death of student Brian Murphy was today granted bail pending the outcome of his appeal.

THE Brian Murphy case shows how huge injustice can be perpetrated through the legal system.

On balance, Judge Michael White got it right.

The judge in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has urged the jury to ignore the publicity that has surrounded the case when it retires to consider its verdict.

A defence barrister has told the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial that he fears a terrible injustice could be done in the case because of the "palpable atmosphere" that it has taken place in.

The manslaughter charge against one of four youths accused of killing an 18-year-old student was today thrown out by a judge in a Dublin court.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí that if he could turn the clock back and change everything he would, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí he gave him "two good belts" on the night he was kicked to death outside the Burlington Hotel.

Student Brian Murphy received a "flying kick" from a youth in a beige top who then told his friends "this is great craic", a witness has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The ambulance that took Brian Murphy to hospital after he had been violently beaten outside the Burlington Hotel was slow to take him away because they thought he was intoxicated with drink, a witness has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told his girlfriend two weeks after the 18-year-old died outside the Burlington Hotel that he kicked him once in the chest when he was lying on the ground, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

An order has been made by the judge in the Brian Murphy manslaughter case relating to media coverage of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A friend of Brian Murphy has told the trial of four youths charged with killing him outside the Burlington Hotel that he punched one of the accused a number of times because he believed he was part of a gang attacking him.

A girl who saw student Brian Murphy lying unconscious after he was violently assaulted outside the Burlington Hotel has told a jury that just afterwards she saw two youths holding one of the four accused who are charged with killing him.

A best friend of Brian Murphy, who was kicked to death in a fight outside the Burlington Hotel, has told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury that the deceased was in a fight with a former Blackrock College pupil before he was knocked unconscious.

An 18-year-old student died from swelling to the brain due to severe facial injuries he received after he was kicked in the head outside a well-known Dublin hotel, a court has heard.

A promotions company steward who was working at a popular disco on the night an 18-year-old student was kicked to death has told a jury he saw a youth wearing similar clothes to the deceased punch another youth before a big fight broke out.