Brother charged with murder of Tom Dooley in Kerry cemetery told gardaí he tried to protect him from 'the Cork lads'

Patrick Dooley told gardaí after arrest: 'I did not harm my brother at all in any way. That is all I have to say about it'

Thomas Dooley and his wife Siobhan: Patrick Dooley told gardaí he saw them both on the ground at the cemetery.

A man on trial charged with murdering his own brother at a funeral in Tralee told gardaí he tried to protect him from “the Cork lads” and ended up with an injury to his own hand.

Patrick Dooley, 36, from Arbutus Grove, Killarney, Co Kerry, is one of six on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with murdering 43-year-old Tom Dooley, of Hazelwood Drive, Killarney, at New Rath Cemetery, Rathass, Tralee, on October 5 2022.