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.

The niece of a man shot in the back at a family funeral has said she was "in fear of her life" when gunmen opened fire 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 "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 "looking for a fight" outside a Sligo cemetery, the Central Criminal Court has heard.