A teenager who left a schoolboy's brain damaged in an unprovoked attack has had his jail sentence reduced from 12 years to nine-and-a-half years on appeal.

A Limerick man who left a schoolboy with permanent brain damage after beating him unconscious in an unprovoked attack has successfully appealed against the 15-year sentence imposed on him.

A Limerick man who left a schoolboy with permanent brain damage after beating him unconscious in an unprovoked attack has successfully appealed against the 15-year sentence imposed on him.

A Limerick man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for leaving a school boy with permanent brain damage after beating him unconscious in an unprovoked attack.