'The law must change. Who else's son or daughter will be next?' say Matt O'Neill's parents

The parents of Matt O’Neill, who was fatally assaulted by two males in Carrigaline on December 28, 2022, believe a four-year sentence for violently taking someone’s life does not represent justice

Pat and Eileen O’Neill. Picture: Chani Anderson

A carefully crafted wooden lamp throws light over a large white urn surrounded by photos of a handsome blonde-haired, blue-eyed young man in a comfortable family home in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

Matt O’Neill, who was fatally assaulted by two males just 150 metres from that house on December 28, 2022, made the lamp that now stands alongside the urn holding his ashes. Woodwork was one of his many talents.