A Dublin man who stabbed and killed his brother during a drinking bout in their parents' flat has been remanded for sentence in December.
Michael O'Grady (29), of Chamber Court, admitted stabbing his brother, Stephen, after they fought on the floor. He pleaded guilty on February 7th, 1998, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the manslaughter.
Judge Elizabeth Dunne was told that the victim had an alcohol-blood ratio of 400:100, which was enough to kill a person without a high tolerance of alcohol.
Det Insp Declan Coburn said O'Grady had no previous convictions and had never before come to Garda notice.
He said O'Grady's parents lived in sheds and corridors in Ballymun for years due to their excessive drinking problem, before getting the small flat. O'Grady told gardai he hated going to the flat because they drank all day there.
Judge Dunne adjourned sentencing for a probation and other reports and to allow O'Grady to continue psychiatric treatment.