Kyle Hayes receives 2 year suspended sentence and €10,000 fine.

Predictable outcome. Cue the drive for five hype and quick forgiveness.

It's who you know .

He didn't take responsibility for his actions. He plead not guilty for fecks sake!!

I wonder who advised Hayes to plead not guilty and reject any responsibility?

He's a young guy and I honestly think he might have been better off just pleading guilty, taking responsibility and expressing remorse. He probably would have only gotten a (shorter) suspended sentence anyways. He wouldn't have had to go through a very public court case either, and neither would the victim who often gets forgotten in all this.

He's in the public eye, so best for him would be if the public saw it as a case of "young kid, drank too much, made a mistake, took responsibility, let him move on with his life" type vibe.

But this leaves a bad taste in the mouth. John Kiely has also done damage to his reputation.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

You wouldn't say the same if you got punched and kicked whilst on the ground and ended up with a fractured eye socket

So what part of Limerick are you from, county or city?

Fine citizens don’t do what he did. He seemed to think he could behave however he wanted because he has some fame. He’s a very lucky boy, I think a stretch in Mountjoy would have been character building, I certainly won’t be surprised if I read about him being in trouble again in the future.

I think you mightn't say the same if you'd seen somebody close going through a public trial.

The lads with long conviction sheets don't give a f**k, but for other people that kind of trial and publicity is very hard.

If the judge doesn't believe he'll commit another crime, and he's been punished by the process, what's the point.

If whomever is close to did something which warranted a public trial, I have as much sympathy for him/her as I do this thug, none.

I'd much prefer to see scumbags like this serve prison time, and learn a lesson.

The next scumbag who does similar will just point to this case and avoid jail. Are we now accepting this level of thuggery in our society?

My nights out drinking are long since past. But I don't think these kind of fights are that uncommon outside nightclubs, chippers etc.

I'd say for the most part no charges are brought, and if they are people don't get custodial sentences where they're otherwise of good character.

Especially where it's not clear they were the one doing the damage.

And when they seriously injure somebody and that person presses charges, appropriate jail time should be served.

Perhaps the reason such fights are not uncommon outside chippers and nightclubs is because there is no fear of repercussion.

Or do we wait for somebody to be killed before starting to take this seriously?

I always thought getting a fractured eyesocket was pretty serious, but thats just me.