A man who was executed for murder in 1941 is to receive a posthumous pardon.

Harry Gleeson was hanged by the State for killing Mary "Moll" McCarthy in Tipperary.

However, new evidence produced by the Irish Innocence Project has claimed the prosecution withheld information, and that gardaí encouraged witnesses to submit false statements.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will bring a memo to Cabinet in the coming weeks recommending a presidential pardon for Gleeson.