‘Free partner and I will admit killing Geoghegan’

The solicitor of the 26-year-old man on trial for Shane Geoghegan’s murder told detectives he would admit to the killing if the mother of his sick child was released from custody.

The conversation emerged on day seven of the Central Criminal Court trial of Barry Doyle, who is charged with murdering the 28-year-old rugby player on Nov 9, 2008.

The Garryowen player was shot near his home in a case of mistaken identity. Mr Doyle, a father of three from Portland Row, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to the murder at Clonmore, Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, Limerick.