Young man jailed for his part in murder of Thomas Dooley in Kerry graveyard

The young man is the first person to be sentenced for murder since the law changed recently for cases involving juveniles and life sentences

Thomas Dooley was murdered at New Rath Cemetery, Rathass, Tralee, on October 5, 2022. Picture via Facebook

A young man was jailed on Monday for eight years for his part in the murder of 43-year-old father-of-seven Tom Dooley at the graveyard in Tralee in October 2022.

Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said that because of a Supreme Court ruling, this 19-year-old cannot be identified because he carried out the crime when he was 17 and that also because of his age he did not have to get the mandatory life sentence imposed on his five accomplices.