Brian Meehan murder appeal ordered to State response

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Brian Meehan’s murder-conviction appeal was ordered to receive a substantive State response at the Court of Appeal on 23 February 2015. The appeal concerns his conviction for murdering journalist Veronica Guerin in 1996, for which he is serving a life sentence.

The State said it needed transcripts connected with the trial of John Gilligan, whose case features in Meehan’s submissions. The Court of Appeal listed the matter for case-management mention on 19 June 2015, while the State remained entitled to argue that the appeal should not proceed.