Two cousins who beat an Ennis man to death have been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court.
Michael Nihill (26), of Clarecastle, Co Clare, and his cousin, Joseph O'Halloran, (30), now living in New Park Road, London, had previously pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Michael Shannon (34), of Ennis, on April 2nd, 2000.
The court heard the men punched and kicked Mr Shannon in a laneway.