By Declan BrennanAn avid sports fan who attacked a man in a pub with a baseball bat in a row over Olympic sailing has avoided a prison sentence. O'Reilly left the pub and went to his home a few minutes walk away. He grabbed a baseball bat and returned to the pub and attacked one of the customers involved in the row. Row in pub was over Olympic sailor Annalise MurphyGarda Cian Steers told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that O'Reilly struck Frank Shannon a number of times before others disarmed him. Gda Steers told the court O'Reilly has no other convictions and this was out of character for him.

Source: Evening echo May 04, 2018 14:37 UTC