Tipperary man jailed for life for murder of woman

A 24 year-old Tipperary man who beat a woman to death in a Limerick hotel room just over a year ago has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

Gerard McGrath, of Ballywalter, Cashel, pleaded guilty to murdering Sylvia Roche Kelly at The Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick on December 8, 2007.