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2015-12-21 · Barefield, Clare
Joe Heffernan, a 35‑year‑old farmer from Cappagh Beg, Barefield, Ennis, was convicted of murdering 21‑year‑old student Eoin Ryan in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy on 3 July 2013. The murder was discovered when Ryan's body was found in a barrel on Heffernan's farm on 7 June 2011. During the trial, two 999…
2015-03-25 · Barefield, Clare
Joe Heffernan, a 35‑year‑old farmer from Cappagh Beg, was convicted of murdering 21‑year‑old student Eoin Ryan in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy in 2013. Heffernan now appeals, arguing that the prosecution should have proved he did not suffer from diminished responsibility at the time of the offence. His…