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Sentencing details: Judge Siobhan Lankford imposed 12 years with final year suspended after reducing a 17-year headline sentence. Wolfe had been charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a plea accepted by the DPP.

Reports the Central Criminal Court sentencing of Aaron Wolfe to an effective 11 years for the manslaughter of Florence O'Sullivan, including the headline sentence, reductions and suspended final year.

Guilty plea to manslaughter (originally charged with murder); sentencing adjourned to 27 February 2026; 78 previous convictions noted; victim impact statement from brother Paddy O'Sullivan.

Wolfe, originally charged with murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter which was accepted by the DPP. The court heard a victim impact statement from the victim's brother, details of the afternoon's events, and the postmortem findings. The DPP sought 15–20 years; defence argued middle range. Case adjourned for psychiatric, probation and governor's reports.

First report of the guilty plea to manslaughter, with the court's account of the events, the post-mortem finding, victim impact evidence and the adjournment for sentencing.

Reports that Aaron Wolfe was charged with murder, with the earlier assault charge withdrawn. He was remanded in custody, and the DPP has directed the case to the Central Criminal Court. The article also gives the victim's death date and burial details.

Reports Aaron Wolfe's appearance at Cork District Court on the murder charge, the withdrawal of the earlier assault charge, the remand in custody, and the DPP direction that the case go to the Central Criminal Court.

First report of this case: the accused was charged with murder and remanded in custody to 27 September. The earlier assault charge was withdrawn, and the victim's death on 6 April is stated.

Reports that Wolfe was charged with murder after O'Sullivan died in hospital on 6 April 2023. The assault charge was withdrawn, Wolfe was remanded in custody to 27 September, the DPP directed trial at the Central Criminal Court, and the case was upgraded to a murder probe.

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Renewed garda appeal for information. Adds the victim's name and age, the date of death, a white Volkswagen taxi sought in the area, and the incident room contact details. No suspect has been identified.

Garda appeal for the driver of a white Volkswagen taxi seen near Glentrasna Court on the evening of the assault, and renewed appeal for witnesses and video footage. Adds the taxi appeal and the hospital death date. Does not name a suspect.

Adds that a man in his 20s has been charged in relation to the case, and that gardaí are appealing for a white Volkswagen taxi driver seen in the Glentrasna Court area between 8pm and 8:20pm on 11 March 2023.

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Reports the upgrade of the investigation to a murder inquiry following the victim's death, the completion of a post-mortem, the establishment of an incident room, and a public appeal for witnesses. Confirms the suspect is before the courts charged with assault causing harm.

Reports the launch of a murder investigation and the completion of a post-mortem after Florrie O'Sullivan's death; Gardaí appeal for witnesses and video footage from the Glentrasna Court area on 11 March 2023 between 7.30pm and 8.30pm.

Initial report of the victim's death and commencement of a murder investigation, with a public appeal for witnesses and video footage from the scene.

Names the victim as Florrie O'Sullivan, 69, originally from Adrigole; confirms the post-mortem by Dr Margot Bolster showed death from serious injuries in the assault; states gardaí are now treating the death as murder; notes an incident room at Watercourse Road Garda Station and an appeal for phone or dashcam footage from the Glentrasna Court area between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on 11 March.