‘Bad vibe’ led man to hit victim on head with chair

A man has received a suspended sentence for hitting someone with a chair because he “got a bad vibe” from the victim’s friend.

Trainee firefigher Cian McNally was in McDonald’s, Grafton St, with friends, when James Thornton, aged 25, hit him on the head with a chair, leaving him with a wound requiring 10 stitches.

Thornton later said he had not meant to hit Mr McNally and was targeting his friend because he “looked like a little faggot”.