Non-jury court listens to secret fast-food recording

The Special Criminal Court is hearing evidence in the trial of two men accused of involvement in the 2013 killing of dissident republican Peter Butterly. The court listened to a covert audio recording made by gardaí from a listening device placed in a fast-food restaurant in Charlestown Shopping Centre, County Mayo. The prosecution alleges that six men, including one of the accused, attended a meeting there on March…