McGahern guilty of murdering Amy Farrell, 21, on front lawn

A Cavan man has been found guilty of murdering a mother of one by stabbing her to death on the front lawn of her home a day after she gave evidence in court against a friend of his.

A jury of eight men and four women found Brendan McGahern (aged 28), with an address at Corlismore in Co Cavan, guilty of murdering Amy Farrell (aged 21), at Glenlara, Cavan, on January 20, 2006.