Man gets 16 years for unprovoked killing
Unemployed father of three Douglas Ward, aged 36, with an address at Loughantarve, Knockbridge, Co Louth, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Niall Dorr, on Oct 13, 2010, at the Central Criminal Court on the morning of his trial on Oct 30 last.
Mr Justice Paul Carney said that alcohol does not afford a defence and that an aggravating feature was that Ward had killed Mr Dorr while he was in Dundalk answering a bail hearing that morning.