Essex migrant deaths: territorial issue a 'red herring', State says

At the High Court in Dublin, counsel for a Monaghan haulier argued that many offences alleged against him in connection with 39 migrant deaths occurred outside UK territory. Ronan Hughes, aged 40, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, faces 39 counts of manslaughter and one count of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration following the discovery of bodies in a container lorry in Essex in October 2019. The State's counsel…