Aaron Brady denied appeal over Garda murder by Supreme Court

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Aaron Brady’s final appeal over the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was rejected by the Supreme Court in a judgment issued on 21 November 2024.

The court rejected all grounds advanced in Brady’s bid for permission to argue that his trial was unfair, finding none raised a novel legal issue or matter of general public importance.

It concluded that the interests of justice did not warrant a further appeal. Brady was convicted in August 2020 of murdering Donohoe during a credit union robbery in Lordship, County Louth, and received life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years.