Paul Earley was the last Roscommon captain to lift the Nestor Cup when the Rossies last beat Galway in a championship game in the Hyde 36 years ago.

Judge Keenan Johnson described it as a tragic case that has left Thomas Maher "a prisoner in his own body" after the unprovoked, vicious assault.

The former All-Star has "recovered well" after undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer.