Limerick man jailed for killing former junior soccer star over a bag of beer cans

The victim, Alan Bourke, won a Munster Junior Cup Medal with Mungret Regional FC in 1994 and was capped for the Republic of Ireland junior soccer team in 1996

Michael Casey (pictured), who pleaded guilty to Alan Bourke’s manslaughter, was previously convicted of breaking into the home of an elderly man who suffered a fatal heart attack during the burglary. File picture: Brendan Gleeson

A man who killed a former Republic of Ireland junior soccer star in an assault during a dispute over a bag of cans of alcohol, was jailed on Monday for seven years with the final year suspended.

Michael Casey, who pleaded guilty to Alan Bourke’s manslaughter, was previously convicted of breaking into the home of an elderly man who suffered a fatal heart attack during the burglary.