Judge dismisses jury as Macroom murder trial collapses

Jury dismissed after significant undisclosed legal issues halt the Macroom murder trial involving two Cork defendants

Daniel Hourigan, originally from Farranree in Cork city. Picture: Denis Boyle

The Macroom murder trial collapsed today on the ninth day of hearing before a judge and jury.

On Tuesday afternoon, at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford thanked the nine men and three women of the jury.