Finglas man jailed for three years for striking man in chest with golf club

A man has been jailed for three years for swinging a golf club into the chest of another male outside his home in the early hours after St Patrick’s Day.

Paul Brannigan, aged 24, was convicted by a jury earlier this month of assaulting Jason Saunders by head- butting him and striking him with a golf club. The victim died shortly after the attack and Brannigan was also charged with manslaughter.

The jury found Brannigan guilty of a further charge of producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury, but failed to reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge.