11 h. ago Man who beat 'best friend' with baseball bat during fishing trip given life sentence for murder

Robert Broughan of St Patrick’s Park, Rathangan, Co Kildare was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murdering Roy Hopkins.

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11 h. ago Man who beat 'best friend' with baseball bat given life sentence for murder

Robert Broughan of St Patrick’s Park, Rathangan, Co Kildare was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murdering Roy Hopkins.

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11 h. ago Man (30) who beat 'best friend' 'to a pulp' told gardaí he wanted to kill another person

On February 28th, a jury took just two hours and 53 minutes to find Broughan guilty of murdering Mr Hopkins.

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12 h. ago ‘I’m haunted by the horror of it’: Mother of murder victim describes impact on family as killer is jailed

Robert Broughan, who beat ‘best friend’ Roy Hopkins to death, told gardaí he wanted to kill another person

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7 d. ago Young man jailed for eight years over murder of Thomas Dooley

The man, 19, was unable to be receive a life sentence – as his co-accused were – due to his age at the time of the murder.

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3 w. ago Supreme Court: Life sentences for children convicted of murder only in 'exceptional circumstances'

The Supreme Court also ruled that the Central Criminal Court has no power to review sentences on child offenders after a period of time.

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4 w. ago Lisa Thompson sentencing: ‘We lost our mam to someone we thought we could trust’

Family of Dublin woman murdered in her home speak of their loss as Brian McHugh gets life sentence

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