Kerry councillor Jackie Healy-Rae has lost his appeal against his conviction for assault.
In 2019 Jackie Healy-Rae, of Sandymount, Kilgarvan, was convicted by Judge David Waters of assaulting Kieran James of London causing him harm at Main Street, Kenmare on 28 December 2017.
He was also convicted of common or Section 2 assault near a mobile chip shop.
Mr Healy-Rae, who had denied the charges, was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for one year. He immediately lodged an appeal.
This evening, both the Section 3 and Section 2 convictions have been affirmed at the Circuit Court in Tralee by Judge Francis Comerford after two days of evidence in the appeal.
Yesterday, two others convicted of a Section 3 assault (assault causing harm) to Mr James, Kevin Healy-Rae and Malachy Scannell of Inchacoosh, Kilgarvan withdrew their appeals.
Their sentences of six months in the case of Kevin Healy-Rae and five months in the case of Scannell, suspended for one year, were affirmed.
In his victim impact statement read to the court by a garda, Mr James said he no longer felt safe or secure in the locality where his mother grew up and the whole assault had a huge impact on his personal life.
Handing down sentence Judge Comerford said he was not going to impose an immediate custodial sentence.
He also said Kenmare was not a particularly dangerous place and attacks happened in England too.
He accepted Jackie Healy-Rae had played a lesser part in the Section 3 assault.
Judge Comerford imposed five months on the Section 3 assault and three months on the Section 2 assault. Both to run concurrently and both suspended for six months.
