State using tactics 'characteristic of comedians and propagandists, Lunney trial told

At the Special Criminal Court, defence counsel have challenged prosecution tactics employed during the trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney. Giollaiosa O'Lideadha SC, representing Alan O'Brien, characterised the State's arguments as "characteristic of comedians and propagandists," contending that prosecutors had misrepresented the defence position on…