Plumber who offered €500 'for bating a fella around Kinsale' ups compensation to €2k

When the sum of €500 was first mentioned in court, Judge Ó Donnabháin had asked: “Is that by way of compensation or aggravation? A plumber is only less well remunerated than a brain surgeon

When the sum of €500 was first mentioned in court, Judge Ó Donnabháin had asked: “Is that by way of compensation or aggravation? A plumber is only less well remunerated than a brain surgeon

An apprentice plumber has avoided jail after coming up with €2,000 for the man he assaulted – in a case where the judge said plumbers were second only to surgeons in the earnings stakes.

The man first came up with €500 which Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said was not nearly enough.