The party took place at a property Kilshane, Co Tipperary in April 2020

One of the victims had previously known Martin Burke (26) when on the night of August 26th, 2018 she met him again in a Kerry town

It is understood that the Gsoc investigator told a number of people that he had been at a party at a house on Monday evening, which Mr Hutch attended.

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Mr Justice Hunt said the jury in the trial had been "charitable and merciful" in finding Smith not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter on the basis that he was too intoxicated to have intended to kill the deceased.