A Louth man who killed a teenager in Dundalk over two years ago after he attacked, punched, and kicked the 18-year-old “like a rag doll”, bouncing his head off a road several times following an unprovoked altercation, has been sentenced to 16 years, with the final three suspended.

A man who killed a teen-ager over two years ago after he attacked, punched and kicked the 18-year-old “like a rag doll”, bouncing his head off a road several times following an unprovoked altercation, is to be sentenced on Friday.

A Louth man accused of murdering teenager Niall Dorr in Dundalk just over two years ago is to be sentenced in mid-December.