Man accused of murdering Matthew Healy in Mercy Hospital to be sent for trial

The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that Dylan Magee face a trial by judge and jury at the Central Criminal Court

Matthew Healy was a patient in the hospital when he was killed. File picture

The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed trial by judge and jury at the Central Criminal Court in the case against a 31-year-old charged with murdering an 89-year-old patient at the Mercy University Hospital in Cork.

Sergeant Pat Lyons said at Cork District Court that the DPP had given directions in the case against Dylan Magee.