Mr Justice Kevin O'Higgins to the jury : "Thank you very much for the care and consideration you have given to this case,"
After hearing that John Ward was savagely beaten, blasted with a shotgun and then executed with a second close-range blast when he was crawling away and no doubt aware of Nally's complaint that John was "like a badger" - he could'nt kill him with the spar of wood, the jury's "care and consideration" was evidenced in their verdict.
On the day the Israeli High Court legalised the targeted murder of Palestinians. Ireland competes in the obscenity stakes. Now is the time of evil.