Brady is serving a life sentence with a 40-year minimum having been found guilty of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe

The Special Criminal Court heard a witness said he feared he would be killed if he testified in court during Aaron Brady's trial for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe

The Court of Appeal is hearing an appeal by counsel Aaron Brady over his conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe

Aaron Brady's counsel raised concerns over the manner in which a key witness gave evidence from New York during the initial trial due to the outbreak of Covid-19

Brady's counsel claimed it was not normal for jurors to come and work in a courtroom of 31 people when there was a "deadly disease out there"

Brendan Treanor and James Flynn were acquitted over the 2013 robbery during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead

Tony Brady has attended most of the trial of James Flynn and Brendan Treanor, who are accused of conspiring with Mr Brady's son to commit burglaries in 2012 and 2013

The Special Criminal Court is hearing closing arguments in the case of two men accused of conspiring to commit a series of "creeper burglaries" and taking part in the fatal robbery

Brendan Treanor (34) and James Flynn (32) are charged with the robbery of €7,000 at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, Co Louth, on January 25th, 2013

Sean Guerin SC, defending Brendan Treanor, said the burglaries have "no connection whatsoever" to the Lordship Credit Union robbery in which the detective was shot and killed

Aaron Brady and co-accused Dean Byrne are charged with conspiring to persuade a State witness not to testify for the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe