Accused given permission to try to prevent 'Grangegorman murders' trial

The High Court has granted permission to a man to bring proceedings aimed at preventing his trial for the murder of two women in Dublin 13 years ago in the well-known "Grangegorman murders" case.

Last October, Mark Nash (aged 36) was charged with the murder of Mary Callanan and Slyvia Shields at their sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman, close to St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital, Dublin between March 6 and 7, 1997.