Friends avoid jail after man lost an eye in pub brawl

Two Dublin friends have avoided going to jail after they admitted taking part in a pub brawl which ended in a man losing his eye.

Claire Darby, aged 33, and Eamonn Burke, aged 46, each got a four-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their role in the fracas which took place during Darby’s birthday party.

The pair, with addresses at Primrose Grove, Darndale, pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Kinsealy Inn, Malahide, on December 3, 2010.