2022: Dublin GAA player Diarmuid Connolly avoids prison, pays €2,000 for assaulting 2 men on New Year's Eve.
Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly escaped a prison sentence and assault conviction for an unprovoked New Year's Eve attack in 2022 where he punched and dragged two men on Shantalla Road, Santry. Connolly admitted to assaulting Stephen Grimes and Stephen Kiely and was ordered to pay €1,000 each to the complainants. The judge deemed the incident isolated and spared him a jail sentence, considering Connolly's guilty plea and the victims' decision not to provide impact statements.
June 27, 2024
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