The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced a Co Tipperary man's life sentence for the manslaughter of a man who was shot dead at a house party to a term of 20 years in jail.

An inquest into the death of Clonmel teenager Brian Rossiter has heard how he was headbutted in the face four or five times during a row two days before his arrest.

A Tipperary father of two who shot another man in the face at a house party in Clonmel in 2006 has been jailed for life.

A Tipperary father of two who shot another man in the face at a house party in Clonmel in 2006 has been jailed for life by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A 26-YEAR-OLD who drank 12 or 13 pints of cider said he head-butted 14-year-old Brian Rossiter, kicked him in the head and gave him an upper cut into the jaw, all because he made a comment about his brother.