Court ruling clears way for fixing of date for Jonathan Dowdall's Regency Hotel murder trial

Mr Dowdall launched a High Court challenge earlier this year against the jurisdiction of the non-jury Special Criminal Court SCC to hear his trial

The former Sinn Féin councillor, Jonathan Dowdall (pictured), is charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, in Whitehall, Dublin 9 on February 5, 2016. File photo

The High Court has cleared the way for the fixing of a date for the trial of Regency Hotel murder accused Jonathan Dowdall.

The former Sinn Féin councillor is charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, in Whitehall, Dublin 9 on February 5, 2016.