Jail for man who left girlfriend in 'an appalling state' after beating

A young Dublin man who burst his girlfriend's eardrum in a beating which left her vomiting for a whole night has been sentenced to four and a half years.

Garda Ronan Goggin said at an earlier hearing that Aaron Nolan, 21, had punched, kicked and pulled clumps out of his then girlfriend's hair as he dragged her over a green area and down a laneway.