'A fist to the face, out of nowhere': Filmmaker uses drama to highlight one-punch attack

Vincent Gallagher with the Ifta for Best Animation for Second to None in the Mansion House, Dublin. in April 2017.

A 44-year-old Irish filmmaker who is permanently scarred from a one-punch attack has highlighted his experience in a new Irish language film premiering at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Vincent Gallagher from Dublin, who was seriously injured from a single punch by a man unknown to him, has expressed sympathy for his attacker, Jody Dowzell, after completing the film.