DOCTORS who treated teenager Brian Murphy at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin after he was fatally assaulted outside a nightclub almost six years ago may provide vital clues as to the cause of his death, an inquest heard yesterday.

A coroner is to examine two conflicting reports from the country’s top pathologists in a bid to establish how student Brian Murphy died after being assaulted outside Anabel’s nightclub in Dublin, it emerged today.

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

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.

STATE Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy has warned of the limitations of forensic evidence in solving crime.

The Labour party is demanding to know how many criminal cases may be affected by the ill health of former State Pathologist John Harbison.

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.

DERMOT LAIDE yesterday said he regretted the heartache caused by his involvement in an incident outside a Dublin nightclub which led to the death of teenager Brian Murphy, but insisted he was not responsible for the death.

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.

Political Editor Harry McGee examines the implications of yesterday’s decision not to proceed with the manslaughter retrial of Dermot Laide.

THE parents of Brian Murphy yesterday said there was “no justice” for their son after the only person convicted of his killing was told yesterday he was “free to go”.

SIX years ago Brian Murphy, 18, was kicked and beaten to death after a student night out at Club Anabel in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin.

Minister McDowell says preserving evidence ‘an option’ following Laide trial collapse

Dermot Laide has expressed his "profound regret and remorse" for his involvement in the incident in which student Brian Murphy died.

Dermot Laide has walked free from Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in relation to the unlawful killing of Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel in 2000.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is not expected to proceed today with the retrial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of a student outside a Dublin nightclub.

There are reports the retrial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy has been dropped.

An interim order to restrict media coverage concerning Dermot Laide in the run up to his manslaughter trial next April 24 has been made by Judge Frank O’Donnell and Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An application to restrict media coverage concerning Dermot Laide in the run up to his manslaughter trial next April 24 has been made by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

An application to restrict media coverage concerning Dermot Laide in the run up to his manslaughter trial next April 24, has been made by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

An application "to guide the media" in relation to a the retrial of Monaghan man Dermot Laide for manslaughter arising out of the death of teenager Brian Murphy outside a Dublin hotel has been adjourned to November 1.

The Circuit Criminal Court is due to hear an application this morning relating to pre-trial publicity in the case of Co Monaghan man Dermot Laide.

An application "to guide the media" in relation to reports concerning Dermot Laide will be heard by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on October 28.

The two men jailed in connection with the death of Brian Murphy during a fight at a Dublin nightclub five years ago have been freed from prison after they completed their sentences.

Dermot Laide was due to be released from Loughan House Prison, Co Cavan, at dawn.

The date for the retrial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel in 2000 has been fixed for April 24, 2006 by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The setting of the date for the retrial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel in 2000 has been adjourned to July 27, by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A date for the retrial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel in 2000 will be set by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on July 22.

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 Director of Public Prosecutions has reportedly decided to seek a retrial in the case of the Co Monaghan man charged in connection with the death of teenager Brian Murphy.

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.

A LAWYER for the man convicted of the manslaughter of a teenage student outside Anabel's nightclub nearly five years ago told the three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday they are baffled as to how the verdicts in the case were rendered.

LAWYERS for the only man jailed for the killing of student Brian Murphy outside Club Anabel at Dublin’s Burlington Hotel in August 2000 submitted yesterday that some of the statements of his co-accused were highly prejudicial to him and went well beyond the prosecution’s case against him.

The man sentenced to four years for the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside Dublin’s Club Anabel was unfairly put “in the spotlight” for the killing, a court heard today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved its judgement on an appeal brought by a Dublin man against a sentence arising out of an incident in which Dublin student Brian Murphy was kicked to death four years ago.

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.

TWO students jailed over a teenager’s death outside Annabels nightclub are set to be moved to a prison block housing some of the country’s most notorious criminals after budget cuts forced the closure of the segregation block they were being held in.

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

Three publications have been found in contempt of court and fined for their coverage of the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial.

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