Posthumous pardon for two Kerry men wrongfully convicted of murder in 1882

Sylvester Poff and James Barrett were hanged for the murder of Thomas Browne, but it is now believed the conviction did not meet the standards required 

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has recommended the pardon on foot of a report on the murders. File Picture.

The Government is to recommend that President Michael D Higgins give a posthumous presidential pardon to cousins Sylvester Poff and James Barrett, two men wrongfully convicted of the murder of a Co Kerry landlord following Mr Poff’s eviction in 1882.