Hearing adjourned for Dublin GAA legend Diarmuid Connolly's New Year’s Eve assault case

A conviction for this category of assault can result in six months in prison per offence

Diarmuid Connolly's GAA career saw him help Dublin win six All-Ireland football championships, 10 Leinster titles and four league titles while also picking up two All Star Awards. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

Former Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly’s hearing on charges of assaulting two men outside a Dublin pub during New Year’s Eve celebrations has been adjourned for seven weeks.

Mr Connolly, 36, with an address at Collinswood in Beaumont, is accused of assaulting Stephen Grimes and Stephen Kiely at Shantalla Road in Santry on New Year’s Eve in 2022.