The victim sued in a civil trial for assault and battery and the High Court found Senator McGahon 65% liable for damages.

Donohoe is the latest high-profile Fine Gael figure to back McGahon, who was involved in an altercation in 2018.

Fine Gael has stepped up its defence of its Louth candidate John McGahon in the face of widespread criticism from rival ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has walked back his previous description of an altercation involving John McGahon as a “scuffle”, ...

The incident was investigated by An Garda Síochána. McGahon was charged with assault causing harm but when the case eventually came to court in May 2022, he was acquitted by the jury on a majority ...

Micheál Martin has objected to Fine Gael's decision to allow candidate John McGahon to run in the General Election. Mr ...

Mr McGahon was acquitted in 2022 of assaulting Breen White outside a Dundalk nightclub in 2018, but the Fine Gael senator was ...

Senator John McGahon, who is standing in County Louth, was acquitted in 2022 of assaulting Breen White outside a Dundalk ...

McGahon was found not guilty of assault in a criminal trial of the case, but a High Court jury found him 65 per cent civilly ...

Senator John McGahon, a general election candidate for the party in Louth, inflicted serious injuries on Breen White, 55, outside the Rum House pub in Dundalk, Co Louth in the early hours of June ...

His remarks came after The Sunday Times newspaper published photos detailing the facial injuries suffered by Monaghan-based farmer Breen White during the incident in Dundalk on June 16 ...