Journalist's killer jailed for five-and-a-half years

The man who killed Irish journalist Eugene Moloney in Dublin last June has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Gary Burch, 21, had pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Moloney in February.

Moloney, who was 55 at the time of his death, was born in County Donegal. He began his journalism career at the Irish News in Belfast before moving to the Irish Independent in Dublin.

The court in Dublin was told that Burch, a former amateur boxer, had drunk 10 bottles of beer and a couple of shots before he punched Moloney late at night in a Dublin street.

The last two years of Burch's sentence were suspended. He will reportedly spend less than three years behind bars.

Source:BBC