Mother assaulted woman whose shouting woke her

A young mother received a suspended two-year sentence for assaulting a woman after she was woken up by shouting outside her bedroom window in the early morning.

Natasha Kavanagh, aged 24, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at Lamb Alley, Dublin, on July 13, 2014.

Kavanagh, of La Rochelle Apartments, Lamb Ally, struck Catriona Traynor with a hammer after getting into a row with the victim and her friend Karen Carter, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.