Macroom murder accused told garda 'it was not pre-meditated', trial told

The trial heard memos of garda interviews with Daniel Hourigan about CCTV of him arriving in Macroom, a bag found on the bus found to contain a knife with Michael Foley’s blood and of a bloody palm print found at Michael Foley’s house

The Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork heard that Daniel Hourigan (pictured) said Michael Foley 'was like an uncle to me'. File picture: Denis Boyle

The man accused of murdering 61-year-old Michael Foley turned to the detective sitting beside him at Bandon courthouse after his first court appearance in February 2024 and said: “Fintan, it was not pre-meditated.” 

Detective Garda Fintan Coffey was sitting beside Daniel Hourigan after he was charged with murder and had his first court appearance in the case.