Dublin man jailed for stabbing friend in New Year's Eve row

A 27-year-old Dublin man has been jailed for nine years for fatally stabbing one of his friends during a drunken New Year’s Eve fight.

Karl Breen, of Nangor Crescent, Clondalkin, had pleaded not guilty to murdering his friend Martin McLaughlin on January 1, 2006 but was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury two weeks ago.