President Michael D. Higgins is this evening to sign the warrant granting a posthumous pardon to Myles Joyce (Maolra Seoighe), who was hanged in the wrong, for the Mám Trasna murders on the Mayo/ Galway border, 136 years ago.
The signing of the pardon for Myles Joyce gets underway at Áras an Uachtaráin, at 5pm.
A TG4 drama-documentary highlighting the miscarriage of justice in his case,will air this evening on TG4.
Murdair Mhám Trasna, a feature length film commissioned by TG4 and co-funded by the BAI, tells the story of the miscarriage of justice which ensued, after the brutal murder of five members of the same family in Mám Trasna in1882.
The dram-documentary will also have its television premiere this evening, at 9.30pm on TG4 and worldwide on the TG4 player.
