A 30 year-old Galway man has been found not guilty of the murder of his cousin at the Central Criminal Court today.

An alleged confession made by a Galway traveller who was "liable to making false confessions" was the only piece of evidence in the murder case against him, a defence counsel told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

A traveller accused of murder told gardaí he was forced to drive the getaway car for two gunmen against his will, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A traveller who was murdered in his bed during a dawn raid on his caravan by two men wearing balaclavas, died from two close-range gunshot wounds to his chest, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.