Man, 21, guilty in hurley killing

A MAN has been found guilty of the manslaughter of another man who died nine days after being struck with a hurley during a late-night incident in a city park.

Martin O’Brien, aged 21, with an address at Flat 4, 128 The Quay, Waterford, was convicted yesterday at Waterford Circuit Court of the unlawful killing of Damien Organ, aged 25, at the People’s Park in Waterford.

Mr Organ died on April 1, 2010 after spending nine days in a coma after suffering a bleed to the brain caused by a hurley blow to the side of the neck.