Supreme Court dismisses appeal on handling of Garda investigation in murder of Seamus Ludlow

Seamus Ludlow shot dead near his home outside Dundalk, Co Louth, in May 1976.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal aimed at compelling the State to establish an inquiry into the handling of the Garda investigation into the 1976 murder of a Co Louth man, Seamus Ludlow.

Giving the seven-judge court's decision, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said the court was not satisfied that there is an obligation on the state, either under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), or under the Constitution, to conduct what he said would amount to an investigation into the investigation into Mr Ludlow's killing.