Former Clare hurler Gilligan pleads not guilty to assaulting child
Niall Gilligan, with an address at Kilmurray, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, was before Ennis Circuit Criminal Court today.
The 48-year-old denied a charge of assault causing harm at the Jamaica Inn Hostel on 5 October 2023.
He has also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of producing a wooden stick, capable of inflicting serious injury, at the same address on the same date.
The court was told the injured party was a minor and cannot be named as a result.
A jury of seven men and five women has been empanelled for the trial, which will begin tomorrow morning.
The case, before Judge Francis Comerford, is expected to take four days to complete.
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