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 McCarthy 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 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,accepted new evidence which merited a pardon being granted to Gleeson.
Gleeson, a neighbour of Ms McCarthy, who was a single mother of seven, reported the discovery of her body.
Three months later he was hanged for her murder.
