Man hit woman with pint glass at child’s christening

A man who threw a pint glass at a woman attending his child’s christening and left the victim with scars and nerve damage to her eye has been jailed for 18 months.

Thomas Callery hit Danielle Byrne in the face with the glass after he lost his temper following a melee which broke out between Ms Byrne and other guests.

Callery, aged 42, of Coultry Drive, Ballymun, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Danielle Byrne, aged 22, on March 10, 2013, at the Swiss Cottage in Santry.