Victim left deaf in one ear after being attacked by schoolmate in "fit of jealousy"

An apprentice electrician pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to causing serious harm to a schoolmate at a nightclub in the capital on 3 July 2016. The 20-year-old man from Ardara Avenue, Donaghmede, struck his victim twice during an altercation that occurred after witnessing him kiss a girl both knew. The victim lost consciousness when his head struck the ground and was hospitalised for five days…