A win at last for Clare

[Dag Dog]

Niall Gilligan found not guilty of assaulting boy

The jury in the trial of former Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan has found him not guilty of all charges.

Mr Gilligan was on trial accused of assaulting a 12-year-old boy with a stick.

The 48-year-old from Rossroe, Kilmurry, Sixmilebridge, had denied the assault causing harm of the then 12-year-old at the Jamaica Inn hostel, Sixmilebridge on 5 October 2023.

After more than five hours of deliberations the jury cleared him of all charges.

There were emotional scenes in the court as the not guilty verdicts were delivered.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0723/1524887-niall-gilligan-court/Niall Gilligan found not guilty of assaulting boy

[Cortoon]

Any idea what really happened here? I heard that young scumbags were regularly having cider parties in the place and smashing it up.

[Dag Dog]

Any idea what really happened here? I heard that young scumbags were regularly having cider parties in the place and smashing it up.

The place was regularly being trashed. The family of the kid are well known chancers. Afterwards the kid was being pushed around in a wheelchair because of his cracked finger and bruises.