I’ve been dying to do that, says man after headbutt

A nephew told his uncle after headbutting him in the face in a lunch-time assault at an Ennis retail outlet that “I’ve been dying to do that for a long time”.

Brendan Nevin, 61, was giving evidence at Ennis District Court of the assault by his nephew, Gordon Hogan, aged 34, of Fountain, Ennis, at Lynch’s Centra on Gort Rd on October 15 last.

Mr Nevin said Hogan first shouldered him into a chocolate stand “and then jumped into the air and came down and hit me on the right side of my face with his head”.