Hannon case declared miscarriage of justice

A Galway man has had his conviction for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl more than a decade ago has been declared a miscarriage of justice.

Today the Court of Criminal Appeal made the declaration that Michael Fechin Hannon's 1999 conviction for the assault against the girl, Una Hardester, was a miscarriage following her admission, some eight years later, that she, by herself, had made up the allegation.