Ex-FF councillor gets free legal aid

Free legal aid was granted yesterday to former Fianna Fáil councillor Gary O’Flynn to defend the case against him on charges of soliciting someone to murder three people.

Gary O’Flynn, of Hayfield Drive, Castle Court, Whitechurch, Co Cork, faces three counts of soliciting a man to murder Patrick Sweeney, George Ross, and Det Gda Mary Skehan.

The case was before Cork Circuit Criminal Court for the first time yesterday.