Men blocked traffic during 'barbaric' bare-knuckle fistfight on busy road in front of large crowd

Gardaí believed the fight, which blocked traffic for a long period in the middle of the afternoon, was pre-arranged

Sergeant Christy Browne told the court it was apparent there was an issue between the two men which had been ongoing since the previous March.

Two men stripped to the waist on a summer afternoon and got stuck into a prearranged bare-knuckle fistfight on a busy road on the outskirts of Galway City, which was attended by a large crowd of spectators and blocked traffic.

“Barbaric”, was how Judge Mary Fahy described the pugilistic scene, which was outlined to her by Sergeant Christy Browne at Galway District Court.