A trial date has been set for the retrial of Padraig Nally for killing a Traveller on his Co Mayo farm two years ago.
Brendan Grehan, senior counsel for the defendant, today asked the Central Criminal Court to have the case heard in Co Mayo.
But Mr Justice Paul Carney said the court had no plans to travel to the county in the foreseeable future and set the trial for December 4th at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
Mr Nally, who is free on bail, stood at the back of the packed courtroom for this morning's brief mention.
Mr Nally (62), of Funshinagh Cross, Claremorris, was sentenced to six years in prison last November for the manslaughter of John Ward, a father of 11, following his conviction by a jury the previous July.
His sentence was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal earlier this month.
The three-judge appeal court ruled that the jury at Mr Nally's trial should have been allowed to consider the full defence of self-defence.
It was for the jury to decide whether the force used by Mr Nally was reasonable and whether or not they should acquit him, the court held.