Man jailed for shooting Charlie Chawke claims he is being detained in 'culturally foreign and alien' county (Laois)

Ann O'Loughlin

A man serving a 20-year sentence arising from the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke has failed to get a High Court inquiry into his detention on grounds he is illegally detained in an "alien" county, Co Laois, where the people are "GAA supporters to a child".