Sentence reduced for former drug addict in Seamus Woulfe's first Court of Appeal judgement 

Before sentencing, the judge at the Circuit Criminal Court heard that since the offence O'Donoghue had become involved in an addiction recovery program, had begun a stable relationship and had moved out of Limerick.

It was the first judgement delivered by Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe since taking up his role on the Court of Appeal following the 'Golfgate'  controversy last year.

A former drug addict who assaulted a man at an internet cafe and took his car has had his four-year sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.

Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe at the three-judge court on Tuesday suspended the final two years after finding that the sentencing judge didn't give enough credit to Keith O'Donoghue for the steps he had taken at rehabilitation. It was the first judgement delivered by Mr Justice Woulfe since taking up his role on the Court of Appeal following the 'Golfgate' controversy last year.