Jail terms for aggravated burglary reduced

Two men who received 20-year prison sentences for an aggravated burglary in Co Tipperary had their sentences reduced to 18 years on appeal.

Picture: A file photo of Thomas Flynn, Moatview Avenue, Coolock, who was jailed 12 years in 2015 for his part in the raid on the home of Emma and Mark Corcoran in Co Tipperary in 2013. Flynn was one of seven men involved; five of them appealed the severity of their sentences yesterday. Picture: Liam Burke/Press 22

They had been among seven men who had pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary at the home of the Corcoran family in south Tipperary on November 21, 2013.