Three charged with unlawful killing

Three young people, two men and a woman, have been charged with the unlawful killing of a student in Mullingar days before Christmas.Patrick Daly, aged 22, Mulpheddar, Clonee, County Meath; Patrick Farrell, (21), Cornamuckla, Broadford, County Kildare; and Jessica Hughes (19), 3 Greenfield Heights, Rathwire, Killucan appeared before Judge Séamus Hughes at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court.All three defendants were charged with the unlawful killing of Andrew Dolan on January 1 last, contrary to common law.Daly faces a second charge alleging he assaulted Ian Farrell, contrary to Section 3 of the Offences the Person Act in Pearse Street, Mullingar on December 23 while Farrell faces a charge of assaulting Simon Mills, contrary to Section 2 of the Offences Against the Person Act on the same occasion.All three, who were ordered to surrender their passports and to sign on weekly at Mullingar Garda Station were remanded on bail to appear again at Mullingar District Court on March 22 next.