The trial of six men and one woman accused of murdering Dale Creighton in Dublin is due to get underway this morning

The 20-year-old died in hospital after being injured on a footbridge in Tallaght in the early hours of New Years Day 2014.

The seven accused are: David and Aisling Burke, a brother and sister who live at Beechpark in Collinstown, Co. Westmeath; Graham Palmer, currently of Park Avenue in Portlarlington, Co. Laois; Ross Callery of Gortlum Cottages in Britas, Co. Dublin; James Reid of Glen Aoibhinn, Gorey, Co. Wexford; Jason Beresford, Castledermot Co. Kildare and Gerard Stephens who has an address at Grosvenor Square, Rathmines in Dublin.

They’re all accused of murdering Dale Creighton, who died following an alleged assault at a footbridge over the Tallaght bypass between St. Dominic’s Road and Greenhills Road in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2014.
They’re also facing a charge of violent disorder.

The prosecution is due to open its case this morning before a jury of six men and six women