Farmer, 64, broke girlfriend’s cheek in row

A woman suffered a broken cheekbone when she accused her boyfriend of paying too much attention to another woman who was “making eyes” at him across a dance floor.

Farmer PJ Canny, aged 64, of Pollagh, Carron, Co Clare, at first denied assaulting Sarah McNieve, aged 56, causing her harm, in a bedroom at the Shearwater Plaza Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, on Jan 22-23, 2011, when he appeared for trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

However, moments before the trial was due to begin, Canny pleaded guilty to the charge.