Ex-Celtic football player to face trial next year accused of assaulting woman

Paul Byrne (52), with an address at Newport Street, Dublin 8, has not yet entered a plea
Ex-Celtic football player to face trial next year accused of assaulting woman

Court reporter

The case of Paul Byrne (52), who is accused of assaulting a woman in 2022, was mentioned briefly in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday.

Byrne, with an address at Newport Street, Dublin 8, has not yet entered a plea, but a trial date of June 10th, 2026, was set following an application by the defence.

He had been charged in the District Court with three counts of assault causing harm to a woman on dates between September 2017 and May 2022.

Defence counsel told the court that the trial is expected to last four days.

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