Patrick Quirke on trial for Bobby Ryan murder

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Patrick Quirke was on trial for Bobby Ryan’s murder before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury, as reported on 23 January 2019. Quirke had pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors alleged that Ryan’s naked body was hidden in a slurry tank in Tipperary after he became involved with a woman Quirke had previously been seeing. The prosecution said its case relied on circumstantial evidence, and the trial was continuing.