Cork man given suspended sentence for assault that left victim with brain injury 

Guilty man pays €20,000 compensation to victim over attack  in city centre

The court heard the victim was left unconscious and bleeding from his ears. An ambulance took him to Cork University Hospital where he spent 15 days, some of it in an induced coma. 

A young man looking forward to a bright future suffered devastating consequences from a serious assault in Cork city centre from another young man who led ‘a blameless life’ before that moment — and today the accused was given a four-year suspended sentence.

Judge Dermot Sheehan said: “The matter that has really troubled me about this is that, given the damage done to the young man, it may be, notwithstanding all the mitigation, that the accused should at least in part have a custodial sentence.