Robert Murphy (42) pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to the murder of Jamie Kavanagh at a Dublin hostel.

The decision now paves the way for one of Europe’s largest tourist hostel operators, the Berlin-headquartered a&o, to establish its first tourist hostel in the Irish market

The judge described the incident as “two particularly bad, unprovoked assaults”

The fire at the Depaul Hostel in Dublin 7 that was started by Keith Riggs (38) in March last year left Shauna O'Brien with catastrophic and life-limiting injuries