“… The CCA heard statements made by Mr Justice Paul Carney during the course of the Dumbrells’ trial at a lecture in the law faculty at Cork University College, ‘coupled with the ensuing publicity’ and the ‘particular circumstances of the case’, were such that there was ‘a real risk or likelihood’ that the jury was prejudiced. It was argued before the three judge appeal court that this speech contained references to issues including the level of fatal stabbings …” (more)
[Irish Times, 5 July]