President Michael D Higgins has granted the state's first posthumous pardon, for a man who was hanged for murder almost 75 years ago.
Harry Gleeson was convicted of murdering mother of seven Mary (Moll) McCarthy, whose body was found in a field in Tipperary in 1940.
However a government review found that Gardai and the prosecution withheld crucial information and fabricated evidence to secure a conviction.
