Garda McCabe killer cleared of weapons offence

One of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has been cleared of a weapons offence after a judge ruled the alleged offence did not take place in a public place.

Michael O’Neill, aged 63, was one of four people convicted of the June 1996 manslaughter of Det Garda McCabe, shot dead by members of an IRA gang at Adare, Co Limerick.

He was jailed in February 1999 for 11 years for the manslaughter and released in 2007.