Kevin Moran went on trial for murder in Cavan

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Kevin Moran went on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 9 February 2015. He is accused of fatally stabbing Emmet Connolly at a house in Lodgeview, Cootehill, Co Cavan, on 29 September 2013.

Moran denied murder but offered a manslaughter plea, which was not accepted by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The trial continued before Mr Justice Paul Carney and a jury.