Carrigaline man Matt O'Neill's family says justice was not done as killers jailed for four years

Matt O’Neill's father has called for review of legislation and sentencing for 'horrific and brutal attacks'

Matt O'Neill died on January 8, 2023, after being attacked in Carrigaline on December 28, 2022.

The killers of a young man in Carrigaline, Co Cork, were jailed on Wednesday for four years as the victim's family called for a review of legislation and sentencing, saying the sentence did not amount to justice.

Ricardo Hoey, of 7 Ardcarrig, Carrigaline, Co Cork, and Jordan Deasy, of 41 Ravensdale, Heron's Wood, were both sentenced to seven years, with the last three years of that sentence suspended, for the manslaughter of Matt O’Neill, 29, in December 2022.