Irishman in coma after Bronx attack

thoughts and prayers for you Barry and your family...

Hope he recovers soon. Throw O'Shea in jail and throw away the key - another sociopath that needs to be taken out of society.

Very sad indeed. The punishment in no way fits the crime. Hopefully the family will try and get the DA to up the charges based on the medical findings. I have seen several cases recently where someone has been hit and suffered a bad fall and then coma. The laws should be changed. I bet if an officer of the law was hit, there would be a ton of charges originating from that one lick. I hope and pray this poor man and his family have a swift recovery from this nightmare.

Good luck on the recovery and God Bless.

Cornelius O’Shea should be locked up , not out on bail , felony attempted murder , wheres the DA ? , Its simple Cornelius O’Shea attacked another person and now that person is in a coma . Its actually people like Cornelius O’Shea that give the Irish a bad rap in NYC . Hopefully common sence prevails and Cornelius O’Shea is brought up on charges , andd found guilty of them and is sent to RIKERS , I wonder if he would jump up and down with his shirt off in there . PLEASE let justice be done . and I will be making a contribution to the benefit for Barry .

First of all i would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers for Barry. A quick upate: The doctors took Barry out of the coma on Tuesday. I was asking him some family questions to see who or what he remembers. He remembers me as we grew up together back home and still thinks we live in Ireland. The doctors have told us that this is to be expected and hopefully his short term memory will return in time. The big news today is that he has been taken of the ventilator and is breathing on his own fir the first time since the assault!! This is a big step in Barry's physical recovery. I have set up a trust for Barry and his family. Please e-mail me at markmccormack@optonline.net for bank details for those people that have requested. We will be having a benefit on Sunday September 12th at Kelly Ryans in the Riverdale section of the Bronx from 4-8ish(if it goes longer, all the better). I will be doing flyers over the weekend and will get them out next week. Again, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and we continue to take one day at a time. I will post updates whenever i can. Thank you, Mark McCormack

I can confirm that Neil O'Shea is the animal this article makes him out to be. The two sons, both trouble with a capital T. I blame the parents, this has been going on for years. O'shea had just returned from ireland hiding out from a previous incident - only back a few days and now this.

Some people should just not drink,they should say no to alcohol. I pray for Mr. McCormack to recover.

A man's fist IS A LETHAL WEAPON! The judge should be thrown off the bench for a slap on the wrist to O'Shea the ANIMAL!!!!!!!!!!!

This is outrageous! O'Shea should have been charged with "assault with intent to do great bodily hard" A FELONY!! The criminal should be held without bail and charged with attempted manslaughter. Once again the VICTIM PAYS THE PRICE!!!!!!!!! Look at the victim's wife and poor family...how can justice be served in this case????

The man does not deserve to have the Irish name O Shea...Pray to Jesus Christ that Barry will come through this without any long term effects to his life.

This guy O'shea is surely nothing but an Animal. Hope he goes to prison for a very long time. I'll pray for the family of the poor man who got hit

How tragic! My prayers go out to the entire family for Barry's complete recovery.

Sad to hear.Sometimes its the not the punch but how your head strikes the curb or the road.

This is so sad, I pray Barry McCormack makes a full recovery. At the risk of repeating myself, many judges refuse to treat violent crimes, seriously. This problem seems to be getting worse and worse. I think he should have been charged with attempted murder, too. It's a shame that the family will probably have to put themselves through the ordeal of a lawsuit, in order to get compensation. It's not justice!