A Longford councillor says Sarah McNally's killer should have been jailed for life.
Her ex-boyfriend Marcin Pieciak stabbed the 41-year-old to death in a New York pub in March of last year.
He was sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
Councillor Uruemu Adejinmi says he should have got a tougher sentence for killing the Longford woman:
Councillor Adejinmi knows members of Sarah's family and says her thoughts are with them: