Man jailed for manslaughter of Polish national

A MAN was yesterday given an eight-year jail sentence, with the last three years suspended, for the manslaughter of a Polish man.

The Polish man was returning to the Simon community when a Cork man drinking on the street struck him across the head with a bottle.

Connie Horgan, 28, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on April 17, 2010, at Lower Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.