The jury in the Mitchelstown murder trial returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty of murder and guilty of manslaughter after six hours and 11 minutes of deliberation.

The Mitchelstown man on trial for murder said he went home from the pub that night thinking that the deceased would call to his house the next mornin

Michael Dineen of Ard Mhuileann, Mitchelstown, was arraigned on the charge of murder of 36-year-old Patrick O’Donnell at Willie Andies bar on New Square, Mitchelstown, on June 1.

A 27-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of a father of four in a row in a pub in Mitchelstown earlier this weekend.