Man directed to kill gardaí by mother jailed for 18 months

A Traveller man, whose mother ordered him to kill two gardaí at their home during a violent stand off with the officers, has been jailed for 18 months, writes David Raleigh.

25-year-old Michael Ryan, of Fairgreen, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court, to two counts of threatening to kill gardaí and to one count of violent disorder.