Bailey denies claim he admitted murder to man

Journalist Ian Bailey has denied before the High Court he asked another man whether he knew about "the murder in Schull" before telling him, with a smirk: "That was me".

Mr Bailey was being asked about statements to gardaí made by James McKenna stating he was in “absolutely no doubt” the man whom he spoke to was “admitting to murder”.

Mr McKenna, from the North, said in statements he and his wife had a conversation with Mr Bailey and his partner Jules Thomas in the Galley Inn pub in Schull on the night of April 8, 1997.