Supreme Court refuses to order retrial of former Waterford councillor on corruption charges

The Supreme Court has unanimously refused to order a retrial of former Fine Gael town councillor Fred Forsey Junior on corruption charges.

Mr Forsey has already served his entire sentence and the benefit to the public interest of a retrial “is outweighed by the unfairness of putting him on trial again”, given the lack of any practical consequences from the prosecution point of view and interference with his efforts to get on with his life, the five-judge court ruled.