Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has secured Government approval to recommend the granting of a posthumous pardon to a man convicted and executed for murder in 1882. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has secured Government approval to recommend the granting of a posthumous pardon to a man convicted and executed for murder in 1882. Myles Joyce was one of three innocent Irish men who were hanged for the brutal slaying of a family in Mám Trasna, a remote townland set in the mountains of Galway-Mayo border. Minister Flanagan will recommend to President Michael D Higgins that he exercise his right to pardon Mr Joyce. Murdair Mhám Trasna (The Mám Trasna Murders), a harrowing new Irish docu-drama highlighting the story, will air on TG4 next week.

Source: Irish Independent March 28, 2018 19:06 UTC