Dying man said brother stabbed him, court told

A 34-YEAR-OLD man was heard to say “my own brother stabbed me” after sustaining a fatal knife wound to the heart, a murder trial was told yesterday at the Central Criminal Court in Tralee.

The second day of the trial heard how father-of-five Michael “Drip” Lonergan received three stab wounds in a New Year’s Eve row at his home with his brother, Ailbe Lonergan.

The court was told a heavy drinking session extending for two days and a night had taken place in the house in the lead-up to the stabbing.