Shillelagh attacker has prison term more than doubled

A Longford man's prison sentence for a pub assault has been substantially increased by the Court of Appeal. Edward Stokes, aged 33, of Ferriskill, Granard, was originally sentenced to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment following his conviction for violent disorder at Longford Circuit Criminal Court in January 2023. The attack occurred at Kane's Bar on Main Street, Granard, in October 2018, when Stokes and another…