State pardons man hanged for murder in 1941

The State has pardoned a man who was hanged 74 years ago for the murder of a woman.

It is the first posthumous pardon in the history of the State.

The Government made the recommendation to the president of posthumous pardon for Harry Gleeson following an independent examination by senior counsel Shane Murphy. Legal rights campaigners and family descendants — whose efforts led to the establishment of the Murphy review — welcomed the move.