Court date set for Healy-Rae assault appeal

The hearing into what is set to be a full appeal by two sons of Independent Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae and a friend against conviction for assault, has been listed for February 6 — two days before the general election.

Jackie Healy-Rae, aged 24, a county councillor and a member of the county Joint Policing Committee overseeing policing in Kerry, was convicted late last year and given a suspended prison sentence for assaulting a visitor to Kenmare during the 2017 Christmas period.