Three men charged over fatal shooting of dissident leader

Three men appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court over the weekend charged in connection with the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Co Meath.

Mr Butterly was shot dead in the car park of The Huntsman Inn at Gormanston, Co Meath, on Wednesday.

The three men are Edward McGrath, aged 31, of Land Dale Lawns, Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin 24; Dean Evans, aged 22, of Grange Park Rise, Raheny, Dublin; and David Cullen, aged 28, of Brackenwood Ave, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.