Man beaten to death in TV rugby match drinking session

A 62-year-old man was beaten to death during a heavy drinking session at a Dublin flat on Saturday.

Man beaten to death in TV rugby match drinking session

The victim, named locally as Cathal Sweeney, was one of three men with known alcohol problems who were watching the Ireland and Wales rugby match at the time.

A row broke out and a drinking partner, aged in his 30s, assaulted the man, boxing him repeatedly in the head. Mr Sweeney suffered fatal head injuries.

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