A man who admits killing but denies murdering a construction worker was heard boasting that he had knocked the deceased out and comparing himself to UFC fighter Conor McGregor, a prosecution barrister has told a trial.
Maurice Boland of Bridgeview Close, Tallow, Co Waterford has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Cian Gallagher at Barrack Street in Tallow on November 10, 2022. The prosecution barrister went on to tell the court that the accused, Mr Boland, had been drinking in two pubs in Lismore and took a local bus back to Tallow around midnight. She said Mr Boland lived a kilometre away from Tallow and was dropped off by the bus around 00.07.
At 00.26 when Mr Gallagher was on the road, she said, another car arrived with three young men in the vehicle. She said the men attempted to lift Mr Gallagher off the road and bring him to the side while an ambulance was called. Ms Lacey told the court that the jury will also hear from gardai who arrived at the scene and the interaction they had with the accused. She also indicated to the jury that when a garda cautioned the accused, Mr Boland replied: "He swiped at me, I ducked and I hit him. He met me on the street and asked me to follow him, he said he had drink. I don't know man, he went to hit me and I came back. He was onto me about the Russians".
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