The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced the jail sentence imposed on a 33-year-old Limerick man for the manslaughter of his friend whom he injected with heroin and was later found dead in a laneway from seven to five years.

A 31-year-old man charged in connection with the death of a father of four, whose body was found in a laneway last week, has been further remanded in custody at Limerick District Court.

A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a man in Limerick.