Galway man gets seven years for manslaughter

A Galway man who stabbed a musician to death with a kitchen knife has received a seven year sentence for manslaughter at the Central Criminal court today.

Michael Reilly of Corrach Bui, Rahoon, Galway, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Patrick Shaughnessy, aged 28, of Coogan Park, Galway, when his trial began on April 19 last but dramatically later changed his plea not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.