Garda murder case turned on a crucial detail

YOUR report states that no one was charged with the murder of Garda Richard Fallon (Irish Examiner, Dec 23).

Garda murder case turned on a crucial detail

In fact three men were tried and acquitted in two separate cases. In one of them a Mayo man was defended by the brilliant Sean MacBride, former IRA chief of staff and Minister for External Affairs.

A young garda swore that the robbers who shot Garda Fallon pushed the bank door out before them, but MacBride proved to the court that the door only opened in.

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