Man pleads guilty to road rage manslaughter

A man charged with murder after an alleged road rage incident described as a moment of madness by his legal team has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Karl Donohoe, aged 31, of Boulevard, Bealing Village, Tyrellstown, west Dublin, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after being charged with the murder of 49-year-old Raymond Bates, from Durham, England, on Sept 26, 2010.

The attack occurred after an altercation at the junction of Tritonville Road, Sandymount Road and Newbridge Avenue in the south Dublin suburb of Sandymount, which led to the father of three suffering head injuries.