Former Dublin All-Star footballer Eamonn Heery cleared of pub assault charge

The judge said that Eamonn Heery made unpleasant and potentially homophobic remarks that did him no credit - but his behaviour it did not amount to assault.

A former Dublin football All Star has been cleared of assaulting another former GAA player who claimed he had been intimidated and threatened by him in a pub.

Eamonn Heery, 53, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Shane Dalton at Kavanagh’s pub, on the Malahide Road, Dublin 3, on Jan. 6 last year.