Patrick Quirke pleads not guilty to murder as witness cross-examined

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Patrick Quirke has pleaded not guilty to murdering Bobby Ryan during a Tipperary murder trial reported on 31 January 2019.

Mary Lowry denied asking whether gardaí could detect a body in the boot of a car, according to evidence reported during her cross-examination.

Defence counsel challenged differences between her accounts to gardaí and her evidence, while Ms Lowry said she was telling the truth.