President to be asked to pardon Maam Transna wrongly accused

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The government has agreed to posthumously pardon a man who was wrongfully convicted and hanged following the Mám Trasna murders of 1882. It's to advise President Michael D. Higgins to exercise his constitutional right to grant a pardon to Maolra Seoighe. This injustice has been highlighted in a TG4 film, Murdair Mhám Trasna, which is to be broadcast next Wednesday. The case is seen by experts as one of the most famous miscarriages of justice in British & Irish legal history. Murdair Mhám Trasna will be broadcast, next Wednesday, April 4th at 9.30pm on TG4. Photo: @murdair