Gardaí were unable to search an assembled crowd of up to 80 travellers outside a Sligo cemetery on the day a traveller was fatally shot in the back at a family funeral, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A Traveller who was allegedly shot at by a gunman at a family funeral in Sligo has claimed the man "pulled out a gun from inside his pants" and fired, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The uncle of a man shot in the back at a family funeral has denied suggestions that he was "looking for a fight" outside a Sligo cemetery, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The uncle of a man shot in the back at a family funeral has denied suggestions that he was not at the cemetery when gun shots broke out.

A murder trial of five men accused of killing a man at family funeral has heard that a feud allegedly existed between two Traveller families after a bare knuckle fight in London 15 years ago.

The nephew of a man murdered at a funeral in Sligo has told a jury that the 150-strong crowd that allegedly surrounded him and his father outside a cemetery was "well-organised. Every man in the crowd knew exactly what to do."

The trial of a Traveller shot at the funeral of his uncle has heard that a gunman attempted to kill another member of the Ward family on the same day.

A Traveller who was murdered at his uncle’s funeral was "shot in the back of his chest" as he tried to run away, a trial heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury was sworn in today at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of five Travellers facing multiple murder and attempted murder charges.

A 30-year-old man has denied murder at a funeral in Sligo almost three years ago.