Another case of inadequate 'Justice'. 9 years for murder

Two violent car-jackings (one involving a woman and young child), use of multiple illegal drugs, recklass driving, 2 serious assaults using a machete, the cold blooded murder of a totally innocent man & multiple prior convictions.

And all he gets in 9 years in prison? What a bloody joke.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1111/myersa.html

A Dundalk man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for what the Central Criminal Court had been told was a random act of extreme violence.
Angelo O'Riordan, 23, from Point Road, Bellugran, had been charged with the murder of Aidan Meyers at Upper Faughart on 13 December 2006 but pleaded guilty to manslaughter during his trial.
He also pleaded guilty to assaulting Gearoid O'Driscoll on the same occasion.
The court had been told that two cars were hijacked by a group of young men in Dundalk on the evening before the killing.
The gang were armed with a machete and the first driver was slashed with it, leaving him needing 45 stitches.
In the second car, a woman and young child were forced out of the vehicle by the gang wielding the machete.
Mr Meyers, 37, had been collected from his sister's home in Upper Faughart by his friend, Mr O'Donnell.
They were driving towards the town when their vehicle was rammed from behind and their car was forced into a ditch.
When they got out to see what was going on, they were attacked with machetes. They ended up on the ground and were hit with the machete.
Mr Meyers was still on the ground when O'Riordan got into a car, pushing the other car over him.
Det Garda Charlie Geoghegan told the court that O'Riordan confessed to a friend that he could hear Mr Meyers screaming under the car as he kept driving.
Mr Meyers later died of his injuries. Mr O'Donnell later died of natural causes, although his family believe his death was hastened by the injuries he received in this attack.
The court was told that the defendant had consumed alcohol, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs on the night in question.
He had a list of previous convictions, including dangerous driving and reckless endangerment.
Judge Patrick McCarthy said today that the details of the case were quite shocking.
He sentenced O'Riordan to ten years imprisonment and suspended the last year.
The judge also backdated the sentence to May of last year when the defendant was arrested on this matter.