Garda killer to walk free after 30 years

Garda killer Noel Callan will walk free in under two years after a landmark judgment in the Supreme Court ruled he was eligible for remission on his 40-year sentence.

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) said Callan will be due for release in the first week of Jul 2015, after receiving the standard one-quarter remission off his sentence for the murder of Sgt Patrick Morrissey in 1985.

He will have served 30 years, with remission amounting to 10 years.