Richard Butler sues over pool-ball assault eye injury

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Richard Butler’s High Court claim over a pool-ball assault was continuing on 4 November 2015.

The incident happened at McSuils public house in Castlehill, Carlow, on 17 July 2012.

Butler says Joseph Phillips struck him with a pool ball after he intervened during an altercation.

Butler suffered severe eye injuries, spent eight days in hospital and now wears a prosthetic eye.

He is suing Phillips and former pub owners Noel Walker and Ken Walker over the incident.

The publicans deny that the assault was foreseeable or that they should have prevented it.

Judgment in default of a defence was entered against Phillips, and the case continued.