A former “murder squad” member told the Court of Criminal Appeal today that “no violence whatsoever” was “ever” used against a Meath man, by gardaí investigating the disappearance of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago.

Documents relating to the investigation into the killing of Una Lynskey in 1971 were stored in a disused toilet after they were moved from a “rat infested” former Garda Station, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard today.

A then 20-year-old man being questioned over the death of Una Lynskey in 1971 was shown a photograph of another suspect “lying in a ditch, dead” by gardaí investigating her killing, a court has heard today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has fixed a further three days for the hearing of an application brought by a Meath man who is seeking to overturn his 40-year-old conviction for manslaughter.

A Meath man attempting to clear his name over of the killing of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago claims he “made up stories” about events on the evening the young woman disappeared “out of fear” and “under duress”.

A key witness in the State’s case against Martin Conmey for the killing of a teenager almost 40 years ago claims he was assaulted and interrogated by investigating gardaí who “put words” in his mouth.

A bid by a Meath man to have his 40-year-old conviction for manslaughter quashed, opened at the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

A pedestrian in his early 20s has been killed in a road accident in Co. Meath.