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

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.

He had been summonsed and faced his first appearance at Dublin District Court in February when he was granted an adjournment to get disclosure of prosecution evidence before entering a plea.

The defence had requested any CCTV footage of the incident be made available to his lawyers. 

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

The case was due to resume on Thursday before Judge Michele Finan, however the prosecution had the hearing put back until May 30.

Connolly came to the court again on Thursday but was not required to give evidence.

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.