A GAA player who broke another playerâs jaw during a football match has received a fully suspended sentence.
Richard Walker (33) fractured the opposition playerâs jaw in two places after punching him once during a match in which his team were losing badly.
Judge Martin Nolan commented that the âlaw of the land runs on a sporting pitchâ, adding that âsometimesâ some players act as if it does not.
Walker of Ferrycarrig Road, Priorswood, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm at St Maryâs GAA Club, Saggart, on July 15th, 2018. He has no previous convictions.
Disqualified driver who ruined lives in crash is jailed for six years Brian Reilly (24) drove down wrong side of M50 to evade gardaí before ploughing into car of an elderly couple
Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 14:39 Isabel Hayes
The defendant fled the scene of the crash and was found by gardaí hiding behind a nearby bush, the court heard. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
A disqualified driver who drove down the wrong side of the M50 to evade gardaí before ploughing into the car of an elderly couple has been jailed for six years.
Brian Reilly (24) ruined the lives of John and Ellen Armstrong after he crashed into their car as they were stopped at a red light in Finglas in January last year, Judge Melanie Greally told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.