Relative implicated partner in Ryan murder, court told

A relative of Limerick man Eddie Ryan Senior made a full statement implicating her partner and the father of her children in the murder of Mr Ryan, a jury has heard.

In the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, retired Detective Garda James B Hanley gave evidence that Michelle Ryan, the girlfriend of murder accused Paul Coffey, changed her account of Coffey's movements when she heard she could be charged with aiding and abetting him.