Killer refused leave to appeal conviction after plea by victim's daughter

Court will hear appeal against nine-year sentence over claims that it was overly severe

Publican John Kenny was killed at his Bar, Main Street, Oughterard in 2011.

The daughter of a publican who was killed during a burglary asked the Court of Appeal not to allow her father's killer to appeal his conviction.

The three-judge court on Thursday refused to allow Mr Marian Lingurar Jnr (26) leave to appeal after considering the impact fresh court proceedings would have on the victim's family 10 years after the killing, and finding that the appeal had little chance of success.