July date set for publican shooting appeal

A Dublin man’s appeal against his conviction for robbing and shooting publican Charlie Chawke more than six years ago, will be heard in July.

Frank Ward (aged 55), of Knockmore Avenue, Tallaght was jailed for life by the Dublin Circuit Court in October 2007, after pleading guilty to five charges arising out of the incident at Chawke’s pub, The Goat Grill, Goatstown, South Dublin on October 6, 2003.