Kerry man gets life for murdering only brother 'in brutal circumstances' after family funeral

The defence said that Fergus O'Connor does not accept the jury's verdict and maintains he was acting in self-defence when he murdered his brother Paudie.

Fergus O'Connor was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for his brother's murder. File Picture: Domnick Walsh 

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his only brother "in the most brutal and frightening of circumstances" following a family funeral in Co Kerry.

Last month, a jury convicted Fergus O'Connor of murder, rejecting his claim of self-defence. Today's sentence hearing at the Central Criminal Court was told that O'Connor had a large number of grievances against his 42-year-old brother Paudie, which ranged from money and land-related matters to "issues of other women".