Judge orders senior barrister accused of murder to attend court for DPP's directions

The court has previously allowed Law professor Diarmuid Phelan temporary variations to his bail terms

Diarmuid Phelan (pictured) is charged with the murder of father of four, Keith Conlon, at Hazelgrove Farm, Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, on February 22. File picture: Collins Courts

Prosecutors expect to serve a book of evidence on a senior barrister accused of murdering a man in a shooting on farmland in Dublin in about five weeks, a court heard.

Law professor Diarmuid Phelan, 53, is charged with the murder of father of four, Keith Conlon, at Hazelgrove Farm, Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, on February 22.