Family of man who died trying to break up brawl call for witnesses

THE family of a young man who suffered fatal head injuries while trying to break up a drunken brawl has urged people to come forward with information that may help gardaí re-examine the case.

The family of Denis (Dinny) Nolan, 26, from 4 Richard Rice Place in Glanworth, north Cork, was speaking outside Cork City Coroner’s Court last night after an inquest established that the fight in October 2008 was most likely responsible for the tearing of two arteries in his neck, resulting in massive bleeding around his brain stem.

Consultant neuropathologist Dr Niamh Bermingham said the truck driver had an underlying abnormality called vasculopothy which put his vertebral arteries at risk of splitting and leaking blood.