Rubes of the World - Ireland - Update

Further to the recent Irish Government post, this is an unrelated story relating to a Clonmel native. Just a note to let y'all know the calibre of people (or should I say primitive hominid species?) who rejected the Asian special Olympians in case they might have SARs. This extract from the Irish Independent.

A MAN has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his friend in a row over a battered sausage.

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Charlie Maher (21), originally from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, and with an address at Grange Cohan, St John's Park, Waterford, was convicted of murdering John Paul Ryan (20) at Grange Cohan Park, Waterford, on March 11, 2002.

During the trial, a witness told the jury "all war broke loose over a sausage" between the two prior to the murder.

A group of friends including the deceased and the accused had gathered for a drinking session on the night of the killing.

The trial heard Maher stabbed the deceased twice, once in the heart and once in the thigh. It also heard Maher had taken two knives and told his girlfriend, Ciara Gater, "there will be damage done tonight".

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns imposed upon Maher the mandatory life sentence for murder.