Woman given suspended sentence for assaulting classmate

A Swords woman who hit an old classmate with "an object" leaving her with a 5cm wound on her face has been given a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Deirdre Markham had been out celebrating her engagement when Emma Carlin (aged 28) tapped her on the shoulder and hit her with "an object" in the face above her eye. When the victim fell to the ground Carlin continued to beat her until bystanders separated them.