Jason O'Driscoll charged with double murder in Louth

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Jason O'Driscoll appeared at Dundalk District Court charged in connection with a double murder in Co Louth. The proceedings were reported on 8 June 2016.

Detective Inspector Pat Marry told the court that Mr O'Driscoll had been arrested at Dublin Airport at 12.24am that day, having been extradited from Spain, where he had been living.

He was brought to Dundalk Garda Station, where he was charged with two counts of murder at 1.35am. He made no reply when charged.

Mr O'Driscoll was remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison, with a further court appearance listed for 15 June 2016. His solicitor, Yvonne Banbury, applied for legal aid, which Judge Conal Gibbons granted.

The bodies of Joseph Redmond and Anthony Burnett were discovered in a burned-out car at Ravensdale Park in Dundalk on 7 March 2012. Both men were from Ballybough in Dublin and had been shot before the car was set on fire.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.