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TWO men charged with assault causing harm to the late teacher and county final footballer, Brian Casey (26) were further remanded in cus- tody last Friday.
The Lissycasey man died in hos- pital two days after an incident at O’Connell Square in Ennis on St Stephen’s night.
Harry Dinan (29) of 10 Waterpark Heights, Ennis and his nephew, Kevin Dinan (22) of 3 Clarehill, Clarecas- tle are charged with the assault of Mr Casey at O’Connell Square in En- nis on December 26-27 contrary to Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.
The two were initially charged on December 28 and were yesterday making their fifth appearance in court.
At Ennis District Court on Friday, Insp John Galvin sought a remand in custody for a further four weeks due to the complexity of the inves- tigation.
Insp Galvin said that the file has been submitted to the state solicitor’s officer for the preparation of a Book of Evidence.
Solicitor for the two, Tara God-
frey said that the remand in custody should be for two weeks “as the real- ity is that we are on the first stage of a very long procedure’”’.
Requesting that the remand be for two weeks, Ms Godfrey said, “I ac- knowledge that it 1s a very sensitive matter.”
However, State Solicitor Martin Linnane told the court that the Book of Evidence “won’t be ready in two weeks”.
Insp Galvin said that a further four weeks is required and Ms Godfrey consented on condition that an accu- rate clarification of where the case 1s at is provided on the adjourned date.
Judge Joseph Mangan remanded the two in custody to re-appear be- fore Ennis District Court on March a
Mr Casey was buried on New Year’s Day in his home village of Lissycasey. He is survived by his parents, Martin and Eileen, sisters Martina and Aileen, brother Niall and girlfriend, Cecila.