Seán Connolly pleads guilty to Eamon Kelly murder

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Seán Connolly pleaded guilty on arraignment at the Special Criminal Court to murdering Eamon Kelly. The proceedings were reported on 28 April 2015.

The murder charge concerned the killing at Furry Park Road, Killester, Dublin, on 4 December 2012. Connolly had also been charged with IRA membership and possession of a firearm on the same occasion.

The court was told that the two remaining counts would proceed no further. Counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Paul Greene SC, said a nolle prosequi — a decision not to proceed — would be entered on those counts.

The trial on all three counts had been due to begin on 28 April 2015 before Mr Justice Paul Butler, Judge Alison Lindsay and Judge Flann Brennan.

Mr Greene said a Victim Impact Report was being prepared. The court was due to convene again on 1 May 2015.