Former Irish rugby international Eddie Halvey has received a seven-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to careless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Halvey was also disqualified from driving for seven years.
The charges relate to an accident causing the death of 16-year-old Kevin Walsh at Coole, outside Toomevara, in Co Tipperary on 1 April 2006.
Halvey had previously been charged with dangerous driving causing death.
A sitting of the Circuit Court in Nenagh heard that forensic difficulties had emerged in the case and the DPP had accepted the lesser charge of careless driving.
