Kieran Lynch pleads guilty to partner’s manslaughter

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Kieran Lynch pleaded guilty to his partner’s manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court on 9 May 2016, after a retrial was ordered. Catherine McEnery was found dead at their home in Craughwell, Co Galway, in July 2005.

The plea was accepted by the Director of Public Prosecutions, and Lynch was remanded in custody on the same conditions. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy directed a probation report, with sentencing scheduled for 18 July.