GAA star ordered to spend 80 hours coaching children

A judge has ordered Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly to spend 80 hours teaching GAA to children following an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

GAA star ordered to spend 80 hours coaching children

Connolly, aged 26, had earlier pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Anthony Kelly — who suffered a fractured eye-socket — at McGowan’s public house in Phibsboro, Dublin, in the early hours of August 6, 2012.

An unreserved apology, which was accepted by Mr Kelly, had been issued by Connolly’s lawyer during a hearing at Dublin District Court last year.

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