2016-03-03 · Dublin
Gaisce Award recipient has hammer attack sentence suspended on appeal
David Emerson, 31, received a Gaisce Award from President Michael D. Higgins two weeks before he was jailed for a hammer assault. He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to a man at Kilshane Cross, Finglas, on 21 June 2012. The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced him to 16 months imprisonment on 12 July 2013, but he was granted bail pending…