Kilkenny hurling coach who conned friend out of €40k withdraws sentence appeal

James Meagher had coached the Kilkenny minor hurling team and was part of this year’s All-Ireland club championship-winning Ballyhale Shamrocks backroom staff

Judge Elva Duffy imposed a two-year sentence at Kilkenny Circuit Court on March 22 last and suspended the final 18 months. File picture

A Kilkenny hurling coach convicted of conning his friend out of more than €40,000 has withdrawn an appeal against what he had claimed was the severity of his six-month jail sentence.

At a brief hearing of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, Sarah Jane Comerford BL told the three-judge court that her client, James Meagher, had instructed his legal team to apply for the withdrawal of the appeal.