A 22-year-old Dublin man has been jailed for 3 and a half years for the manslaughter of journalist Eugene Moloney.
Gary Burch of Kennington Close in Templeogue pleaded guilty to killing the 55-year-old on Camden Street on June 24th last year.
At closing time Mr. Moloney left Hogan's Bar following a friend's stag night out in the city centre but he never made it home.
Walking home, he was punched once in the neck by Gary Burch while engaged in a verbal row with another young man on Camden Street.
CCTV footage shows that as he hit the ground the drunken 22-year-old trainee mechanic lifted his hands in a celebratory fashion.
Judge Mary-Ellen Ring endorsed the view expressed by Eugene Moloney's brother Sean in a victim impact statement that society has a duty to address the violence and aggression seen on public streets.
She has accepted that Gary Burch has shown genuine remorse for his actions and has imposed a 5 and a half years sentence with 2 years suspended.
Speaking outside Dublin Circuit Criminal Court Eugene Moloney's brother Sean said today was a sad day for both families.
