Charges dismissed against four defendants in golf society dinner trial

Pictured on the first day of the Golfgate trial were former Fianna Fáil senator Donie Cassidy, Independent TD Noel Grealish and hoteliers John Sweeney and James Sweeney.

Charges have been dismissed against four men accused in relation to an Oireachtas golf society event dinner in August 2020.

Galway East Independent TD Noel Grealish, 55, former Fianna Fail senator Donie Cassidy, 75, John Sweeney, 60, and his son James Sweeney, 32, who own the Station House Hotel, had been accused of illegally holding the event in August 2020.