Former All Ireland-winning Clare hurler charged with assault of 12-year-old boy

Niall Gilligan is charged with assault causing harm to the boy at the Jamaica Inn Hostel in Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, on October 5 last

Picture in 2009, Niall Gilligan, Clare. File Picture: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE

Senior All-Ireland winning hurler with Clare Niall Gilligan has appeared in court charged with assault causing harm to a 12-year-old boy.

At Ennis District Court on Tuesday, the 47-year-old Sixmilebridge man appeared in connection with two charges, which he denies.