Patrick Quirke (50) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Bobby Ryan in Co Tipperary
Mr Quirke , of Breanshamore, Co Tipperary, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Ryan, who was a DJ known as ‘Mr Moonlight’.Mr Ryan went missing on June 3rd, 2011 after leaving his girlfriend Mary Lowry’s home at about 6.30am. His body was found in an underground run-off tank on the farm owned by Ms Lowry and leased by the accused at Fawnagown, Tipperary in April 2013. The prosecution claims that Mr Quirke murdered Mr Ryan so he could rekindle an affair with Ms Lowry .
Emmett Kenny told Mr Humphries that he started working on Mr Quirke’s farm in 2009. He worked there during the calving season from February to April doing general farm work, feeding, milking and looking after the cattle. He thought it was an old septic tank and said there was a ditch beside it that cattle would shelter in during bad weather. Cattle would walk on top of the tank but they had no effect on the concrete slabs covering it, he said. Mr Kenny said he never fenced off the tank.Mr Humphries then turned to Ms Lowry and the witness said he saw her maybe 20 times over the years and talked to her on occasion. He saw Mr Quirke together with her once or twice and they appeared to get on fine.
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