Ireland Crime

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Victim

Offences

Assault causing harm

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

4 reports, 22 Jun 2024 to 9 Dec 2025

Outlets

donegallive.ie

• Man sentenced to suspended term for Buncrana assault causing harm Assault causing harm · Co. Donegal

  Sean Breen, 30, of Derry, was charged with assault causing harm after punching Damian McFadden with his left hand to the face outside the Atlantic Bar on Main Street, Buncrana, on 9 August 2019, leaving the victim with a serious head injury. Breen was identified from CCTV footage, arrested, and admitted to the assault, which followed a disagreement over a person both men knew. He pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in June 2024, and the case was heard at Donegal Circuit Court in December 2024, where Judge John Aylmer adjourned sentencing for one year to allow him to raise €5,000 for Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. In December 2025, Breen was sentenced to a suspended two-and-a-half-year term after making the payment. The court noted that McFadden died in 2022, with no suggestion this was linked to the injuries.

  Sentenced, 9 Dec 2025Victim · 4 reports

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1. 9 Dec2025
   Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced to suspended term for Buncrana assault causing harm

   Suspended sentence for Buncrana one-punch attack after donation to brain injury group

   victim, Damian McFadden, male, irish (judged from name)Damian McFadden♂IE
2. 17 Dec2024
   In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced to suspended term for Buncrana assault causing harm

   Man gets chance to stay out of prison after one-punch attack in Buncrana

   victim, Damian McFadden, male, irish (judged from name)Damian McFadden♂IE
3. 13 Dec2024
   Convicteddonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced to suspended term for Buncrana assault causing harm

   Man left victim with serious head injury after one-punch attack in Buncrana

   victim, Damian McFadden, male, irish (judged from name)Damian McFadden♂IE
4. 22 Jun2024
   In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced to suspended term for Buncrana assault causing harm

   Man awaits his fate over serious assault in Buncrana

   victim, Damian McFadden, male, irish (judged from name)Damian McFadden♂IE

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