Fergus O’Connor (left) and the late Paudie O’Connor (right)
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”.