2013-12-20 · Dublin
Sentence date set for 'Dubs' forward Diarmuid Connolly over unprovoked attack
Diarmuid Connolly, a 25‑year‑old Dublin football star, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Anthony Kelly at McGowan's pub in Phibsboro on 6 August. The attack, described as unprovoked, occurred at 3.40 a.m. and involved Connolly punching Kelly in the face and continuing to strike him on the ground, resulting in a fractured eye‑socket.…