Death of Peter Pringle sees end of damages claim against State

The High Court has struck out legal proceedings brought by the late Peter Pringle against the State following his death earlier this year. Mr Pringle, who was originally sentenced to death for the 1980 murders of Gardaí John Morley and Henry Byrne during a bank robbery in Ballaghadreen, County Roscommon, had his conviction quashed in 1995 after spending fifteen years in prison. He subsequently initiated two separate…