Patrick Quirke pleads not guilty to murder in Tipperary

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Patrick Quirke has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court, with the trial reported on 5 February 2019. The charge concerns Bobby Ryan, whose body was found in a run-off tank at Fawnagowan, Tipperary, in 2013.

The prosecution claims Quirke murdered Ryan so he could resume a relationship with Ryan’s girlfriend, Mary Lowry. A witness told the court that Quirke knew the tank existed, while other evidence concerned a silver van seen near the farm on the morning Ryan disappeared.

The trial was continuing before Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury when the report was published.