Officers tell Kerry murder trial of armed garda raid within hours of reported incident

The jury also heard from Dr Rosemarie Kelleher about the injuries to the deceased man’s widow, Siobhán Dooley

Gardai bring boxes of files and evidence to the court in Cork for the murder trial related to the killing of 43-year-old Tom Dooley. Several garda witnesses were called by prosecution senior counsel Dean Kelly to describe what they saw at locations including the halting site on the Straight Road early that afternoon. Picture: Larry Cummins

Armed gardaí turned up at the halting site on the Carrigrohane ‘Straight’ Road within hours of reports of a violent incident at a cemetery in Tralee, it emerged on Tuesday at the murder trial related to the killing of 43-year-old Tom Dooley.

The 15-person jury — including three substitute members — are now in the third week of evidence in the trial of five men and a teenager who all deny the murder of the father of seven at a funeral in Tralee in October 2022.