THE TRIAL OF a leading barrister and law professor accused of murdering a father-of-four in a fatal shooting at a farm in Dublin will now open tomorrow after delays arose this afternoon with selecting replacement jurors.
Diarmuid Phelan (56), with an address at Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, Dublin 24 has pleaded not guilty to murdering Keith Conlon (36) at Hazelgrove Farm, Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, on 24 February 2022.
Conlon, from Kiltalown Park in Tallaght, was seriously injured in the shooting incident on 22 February and died at Tallaght University Hospital two days later.
Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford swore in a jury of eight men and four women on Monday afternoon to hear the trial, which was due to open before her today.
However, the State was delayed in opening its case today when two jurors from the original jury had to be discharged and two new jury members sworn in.
Phelan, …