Appeal court orders murder retrial

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the murder conviction, and ordered a retrial, of a Dublin man who it is alleged drove a gunman who shot dead a father-of-two at a house party almost four years ago.

Today the three judge CCA, comprised of the Chief Justice Mr Justice John Murray, Mr Justice Declan Budd and Mr Justice John Edwards ruled that Bryan Ryan's conviction was unsafe because the judge at his trial failed to properly warn the jury about evidence given by a key prosecution witness - Kevin Whelan - who was in the witness protection programme at the time.