Row over boxer shorts costs Ballyshannon man €10,000 to stay out of prison – Donegal Daily

A Ballyshannon man who left another man with serious injuries after a row that began over a pair of boxers has been told to stump up another €5,000 for his victim. Calum Ayres has been given a year to pay the money to Jarlath Hegarty in order to stay out of prison. Twenty-one-year-old Ayres, of Lawne Park, Ballyshannon, was charged with assaulting Mr Hegarty and causing him harm at Church Road, Bundoran on November 7, 2021 Ayres brought €5,000 to Donegal Circuit Court for Mr Hegarty, but has been told to double that figure after what Judge John Aylmer called an “appalling attack”. Garda Joanne Conway from Ballyshannon Garda Station told Ms Fiona Crawford BL, for the prosecution, that the men were at a party earlier in the night and “everyone was drinking and getting on okay”. The injured party went into a bedroom and was looking around for his boxers. He had jeans on, but was not wearing boxers as he went to leave, the court heard. As he was attempting to find the item of clothing, Ayres was said to have entered the bedroom, shouting “you were going through my bag” and began hitting Mr Hegarty. A female
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