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A 29-year-old man who, while celebrating Limerick s victory in the 2018 All-Ireland hurling final, stabbed a stranger in the head and destroyed his life by leaving him with a significant brain injury and a lifelong disability, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Passing sentence at the Central Criminal Court today, Mr Justice Paul McDermott said it was a shocking and horrific act , which had devastating consequences for the victim Eoin Casey and left him with an appalling life-threatening injury. His recovery is arduous and requires an enormous amount of resilience. It is a daily struggle and his enjoyment of life has been compromised, he added.