Man admits to manslaughter

ON the eighth day of evidence, a defendant yesterday changed his plea at Limerick Court and admitted to a charge of manslaughter.

Tony O’Brien, 27, with an address at Craeval Park, Moyross, pleaded not guilty on September 28, when the trial opened before a jury of seven women and five men.

When the trial resumed yesterday afternoon, Judge Carroll Moran was informed that the defendant wished to change his plea to guilty.