Two men and a teenager have been found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork of the murder of 42-year-old father-of-seven Thomas Dooley, as he attended a funeral in Tralee, Co Kerry, in October 2022.
One of the men has also been convicted of assaulting Mr Dooley's wife Siobhan, causing her harm.
The jury returned the verdicts after deliberating for more than eight hours today and yesterday.
The jury found the dead man's brother-in-law, 43-year-old Thomas Dooley Senior, and his cousin, 21-year-old Thomas Doley Junior, both of Bay 10, Halting Site, Carrigrohane, Cork, guilty of the murder of Thomas Dooley.
The jury also convicted the teenager of murder.
A guilty verdict was also returned against Thomas Dooley Jnr on a count of assaulting the deceased's wife, causing her harm.
All verdicts were unanimous.
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The jury will resume deliberations in the morning in relation to the three other accused.
They are 36-year-old Patrick Dooley of 33 Arbutus Grove, Killarney, Co Kerry, a brother of the deceased; 29-year-old Michael Dooley of Bay 11, Halting Site, Carrigrohane Road, Cork; and 42-year-old Daniel Dooley, of An Caraigín, Connolly Park, Tralee, Co Kerry.
Today's verdicts came on day 31 of the trial.
