Two Claremen get eight years for Ennis manslaughter
Two Co Clare cousins who beat a man to death in Ennis last year have been sentenced to eight years each at the Central Criminal Court.
26-year-old Michael Nihill of Church Drive, Clarecastle, Co Clare, and 30-year-old Joseph O'Halloran, also of Clarecastle, but with an address in London, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Michael Shannon (34) on April 2, 2000.
