A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Man found guilty of killing Lithuanian
A jury has found a man guilty of the manslaughter of a Lithuanian father of one who was stabbed in the neck at a rented flat in Wexford on May 23rd last year.
The two men had been drinking wine and vodka all day when Jurijs Princes (29) from Latvia, claimed Robertas Stravinskas (29) had made comments insulting his girlfriend and implying he was homosexual.
The jury took just an hour and 45 minutes to reach its unanimous verdict at the Central Criminal Court, finding Princes guilty of killing Mr Stravinskas but not guilty of his murder.
Princes will be sentenced on November 15th after a prison governor's report and victim impact statement have been prepared.
Gort man further remanded on bail
A man who was critically injured by a Garda marksman following a stand-off at a house in Gort, Co Galway, last month has been further remanded on bail.
At Ennis District Court yesterday, Anthony Burke (40), Crowe Street, Gort, appeared for the second time in connection with being charged with the reckless discharge of a firearm on October 8th and 9th at Crowe Street, Gort.
Mr Burke is also charged with having a firearm for an unlawful purpose.
He was arrested last week as he left University College Hospital in Galway where he had been recovering from a bullet wound.
8 years for gun and assault offences
A man who fired a shotgun indiscriminately and in a separate incident slashed a man across the face has been jailed for eight years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Edward McElligott (35), Cranoge Close, Ballymun, had been given an 18-month suspended sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court four months before committing the two offences.
He had 75 previous convictions for crimes including robbery, violent disorder and public order offences.
He pleaded guilty to possessing a sawn-off shotgun at Balcurris Road on December 5th, 2003, and to assaulting Michael Moony at Balcurris Road on December 19th, 2003.
Judge White said he was "amazed" that, having been given a chance by the court, McElligott then committed such serious crimes. He imposed four-year terms on each offence, to be served consecutively.