From RTE:
A man who was hanged for murder over 70 years ago is due to be pardoned.
Harry Gleeson was executed for the murder of Moll Mc Carthy who was shot dead in Tipperary in November 1940.
Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald is due to bring a memo to Cabinet in the next few weeks recommending the President pardon Mr Gleeson.
The Department of Justice reviewed the case following a submission last year from the Irish Innocence Project, based at Griffith College in Dublin.
RTÉ News understands that the review, conducted by Senior Counsel Shane Murphy concluded accepted new evidence which merited a pardon being granted to Harry Gleeson.
A neighbour of Ms Mc Carthy, an unmarried mother of seven, Harry Gleeson reported the discovery of her body.
Three months later he was hanged for her murder.
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