Assassin jailed for life for man’s murder

A Continuity IRA assassin who executed an innocent man as he prepared to go to work has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court.

Rose Lynch, aged 50, told gardaí that she executed David Darcy, aged 39, and had “emptied a handgun” during the murder of the van driver, who the non-jury court heard was “wholly blameless” and not involved in criminality.

Passing sentence, presiding judge Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne said the incident could only be described as “a premeditated, calculated, and cold-blooded murder”.