Men lose bid to be freed under Agreement

TWO men jailed in connection with a post office robbery in which Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was killed yesterday lost their court bid to be released.

The five-judge Supreme Court turned down an appeal by Michael O'Neill and John Quinn both of whom are detained in Castlerea Prison against the High Court's refusal of their application for early release under the Good Friday Agreement.

Sinn Féin's Martin Ferris described the decision as profoundly disappointing and in contradiction of the Good Friday Agreement.