Victim fears going totally blind after left eye is ruptured in unprovoked attack in Cork

The victim said: “I have tried to manage the emotional side of things but I still succumb to recurring bouts of anger, frustration and depression.” 

Judge Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court, jailed the accused man Kenneth McInerney for three years at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who always feared the possibility of blindness was attacked by a 26-year-old who punched him, kicked him on the ground and then threw a traffic cone at his head.

No reason was ever given for the attack which left the injured party with sight loss in his left eye which is having a lasting effect on his life.