Armagh father and son stand trial accused of assaulting former Republican prisoner

An Armagh businessman and his son have gone to trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with assaulting a man in County Monaghan in November 2012. Eugene Hanratty Senior, aged 57, of Castleblaney Road, Crossmaglen, and his 34-year-old son Eugene Hanratty Junior, of Dundalk Road, Crossmaglen, both deny causing harm to the alleged victim. The complainant told the court he was blocked in a narrow lane near his…