GAA star Diarmuid Connolly admits ‘unprovoked’ New Year’s Eve assault on two men

Accused ordered by judge to pay €1,000 compensation to each victim

Diarmuid Connolly at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on Thursday. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

Former Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly punched two men and dragged one of them along the ground in an "unprovoked" New Year's Eve attack, a court has heard.

Connolly, 36, with an address at Collinswood,  Beaumont, was accused of assaulting Stephen Grimes and Stephen Kiely at Shantalla Road, Santry, Dublin, on December 31, 2022.