McCabe killing: O'Neill to be released next week

One of the four men convicted for his part in the killing of detective garda Jerry McCabe is due to be released from prison next week.

Michael O'Neill from Patrickswell in Co Limerick has served eight years of his 11-year sentence in Castlerea and has been given standard remission for good behaviour.

Detective garda McCabe was shot dead during a post office raid in Adare, Co Limerick, in June 1996.

Jeremiah Sheehy, Pearse McAuley and Kevin Walsh, who were also convicted of the manslaughter of the garda, are likely to be released within the next two years.