'I have to have some regard to the public purse': Sliabh Liag murderers denied three senior barristers for appeal

A judge has denied legal aid for a third senior barrister to represent each of the Sliabh Liag murderers Alan Vial and Nikita Burns in their bid to overturn their convictions, noting he had to have “some regard to the public purse”. Vial and Burns, a former couple, were convicted by a Central Crimin