Galway Co Councillor Michael 'Stroke' Fahy walked free from the Four Courts today after the Court of Criminal Appeal set aside his conviction for fraud and attempted theft and ordered that a retrial take place.

Galway Co Councillor Michael Fahy will know next week if his appeal against his conviction for fraud and attempted theft has been successful.

WITH regard to Cllr Michael Fahy’s recent conviction for fraud, I find Senator Michael Kitt’s defence of the embattled councillor baffling (Irish Examiner, March 22).

Two members of Limerick City Council have abstained from a vote on a motion which called on the Government to deny early release to the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe.