Man gets jail for role in fatal fight in Dublin

A Dublin man who threatened others with a crutch during a violent fight which left another man dead has been sentenced for two and a half years, with the final year suspended.
Derek O’Driscoll (aged 40) of Croftwood Park, Ballyfermot pleaded guilty to violent disorder and production of an article capable of causing serious injury at Park West road, Ballyfermot on September 27, 2009.