Kerry footballers have convictions overturned for violent assault

Ronan Buckley and Christopher O'Donoghue provided a further €5,000 in compensation, bringing to €10,000 the amount given to the victim

Ronan Buckley had entered a guilty plea to the Section 3 charge under the Non-fatal Offences Against the State Act at the District Court in June. Photo: Michelle Copoper Galvin

Two well-known footballers in Kerry have had their convictions overturned for what was previously described as a violent assault during a night out in Killarney.

Ronan Buckley, 23, of Lahard, Beaufort, Killarney, a Kerry senior footballer, and Christopher O'Donoghue, 22, of Inch, Clonkeen, Killarney, an East Kerry footballer, had entered guilty pleas to the Section 3 charge under the Non-fatal Offences Against the State Act at the District Court in June.