Kildare man jailed for killing student in Mullingar assault

A Kildare man has been jailed for three and half years for the manslaughter of a student in Mullingar over 18 months ago.

Patrick Farrell (aged 21) of Cornamuckla, Broadford, pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to the unlawful killing of 20-year-old Andrew Dolan on Pearse Street, Mullingar on January 1, 2012.