Court hears how man made shooting gesture and racist comment before hitting girl

A Dublin man racially abused and punched one of Ireland’s best underage sportswomen on the chest on a bus last year, a court has heard.

The girl, aged 15 at the time of the assault, represents Ireland in team and individual sports and was returning home by bus last October from a sports event when assaulted by father of three, Padraig Delaney (aged 39) of Glenhill Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.