Plumber given suspended sentence over pub headbutt that caused brain bleed

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Gavin Dennan, 39, was given a three-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assault causing harm. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that he headbutted a man outside the Grange pub in Deansgrange after an argument about traditional music in the pub toilet on St Patrick’s Day in 2023.

The court heard that the man suffered a mild bleed on his brain when the headbutt knocked him to the ground. Judge Pauline Codd also ordered Dennan to pay the man €1,000 as a token of remorse, or, if he declined it, to direct the money to a charity of his choice.