Downpatrick: Man (30) appears in court charged with muder and attempted murder
Hugh Malone (30) with no fixed address but from the Belfast area, appeared via videolink at Newtownards Magistrates' Court.
There was no application for bail and he was remanded in custody until September 4th.
The body of Mr Brannigan, who was aged 56, was found in a house in Marian Park in Downpatrick on Sunday afternoon.
On the same day, Fr John Murray was attacked at St Patrick's Church in the town. – PA
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