Cork man jailed after beating former Tipperary hurler with crutches 

Seamus Troy was attacked with his own crutches just after being released from hospital. 'My whole life flashed before my eyes,' he says

Seamus Troy won All-Ireland medals with Tipperary in 1989 and 1991, respectively, at minor and U21 level. File picture: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

A former Tipperary hurler who left hospital in Cork on crutches was beaten mercilessly by a Mallow man in a psychotic episode. The attacker was jailed today for five years.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a sentence of seven years, with the last two years suspended, on Adam Sheehan, of 113 Seamus Murphy Place, Mallow, Co Cork. He pleaded guilty to robbery from 47-year-old Seamus Troy at Railway St, Cork City, on July 20.