Gary Walsh pleads guilty to Terenure manslaughter

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Gary Walsh pleaded guilty to manslaughter in court, with the outcome reported on 3 July 2017.

The offence followed the death of Cathal Sweeney after Walsh punched him repeatedly in the head and face at a flat in Terenure, Dublin, on 8 February 2014.

The State accepted the plea after two murder trials ended without verdicts, and Walsh was due to be sentenced the following week.

The report said Walsh had apologised to Mr Sweeney’s family and that the court had heard evidence about his efforts to change his life.