Court told Melanie McCarthy McNamara killer may be moved to Central Mental Hospital

Lawyers for the man who killed Dublin teenager Melanie McCarthy McNamara in a drive-by shooting have said he is going to end up at the Central Mental Hospital, if his prison conditions are not improved.

The Court of Appeal has heard Daniel McDonnell from Brookfield Lawns, Tallaght is in solitary confinement at Wheatfield prison and is likely to remain there indefinitely.