Man jailed in pickaxe-death case

A man who beat another man to death with a pickaxe handle has been sentenced to 12 years in jail at the Central Criminal Court.

Pierce Byrne (aged 32) with an address at Hazelwood Crescent, Hartstown, Dublin 15 had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 29-year-old John Murphy after a row developed in a Blanchardstown pub on April 15, 2002.