Garda’s son denied appeal against manslaughter conviction

A Garda’s son, who was jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a talented teenage boxer, has failed in a bid to take his appeal against his conviction to the Supreme Court.

John McGovern (aged 21) of Ballyduff, Barefield, Co Clare used a Swiss army knife given to him by his grandparents to stab 14-year-old settled traveller Michael Doherty outside a Supermacs restaurant in Ennis on June 23, 2007.