Getaway driver who used own car to aid murder of innocent dad is jailed

Eric Shorthall, a 23-year-old from Ballyfermot in Dublin, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for his role as getaway driver in the May 2015 murder of Alan O'Neill in Tallaght. Shorthall pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Warren Nolan, who was convicted of fatally shooting Mr O'Neill in the driveway of his home. The court heard that Shorthall, then…