Cork man charged with killing his close friend

A 44-year-old man was formally arrested yesterday and charged with the manslaughter of a close friend, in a case where the deceased suffered a fatal gunshot wound at a house in Cork City earlier this year.

Diarmuid Byrne, 41, had died instantly at his home at Plunkett Road in Ballyphehane in Cork on April 26 after he suffered a gunshot wound to the head from his legally held shotgun while in an upstairs room of his family home.

Detective Sergeant Martin Canny gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution yesterday at Cork District Court of Trevor O’Gorman, with an address at 27 Sarahville Place, Pouladuff Road, Cork.