Judge bans reporting of garda questioning

The Special Criminal Court has placed a gagging order on journalists, preventing further coverage of the trial of a Co Louth man charged in connection with the Omagh bombing.

Judge bans reporting of garda questioning

The Special Criminal Court has placed a gagging order on journalists, preventing further coverage of the trial of a Co Louth man charged in connection with the Omagh bombing.

Mr Justice Robert Barr, one of the three judges in the non-jury court, said reporting restrictions will apply because continued questioning of gardai involved in the case amounts to a “trial within a trial”.

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