John Mulligan

When she was brought back to Henry Street Gardaí station in Limerick City, she tells Gardaí that she didn't want to give her name as her father owned a pub in the village.

and she did not want her father, Charlie Chalk, to know about what had occurred at the Dunraven Arms.

It would have been a severe embarrassment for the family who owned a number of pubs in the village as well.

The Dunraven, of course, is a four-star hotel.

It's hosted royalty, presidents, Hollywood stars, and the court here is the attack has left a stain, essentially, on the village and on Alison and Bill Chalk's reputations.

And Alison Chalk was initially released without charge from the guard station that night.

She sleeps in her car,

And she goes back to Dublin the next day.

And like her brother Bill, Alison Chalk is arrested sometime later by appointment.

And she's charged with assault causing harm.

That decision, they're both charged with assault causing harm to Mr Cox and Mr McHugh.

They're waiting trial and they then plead guilty to the offences.

And when did this incident happen?

So this happened in November 2023.

And on Thursday, after they pleaded guilty, we heard the two victims' impact statements.

Mr. McHugh was in court last Thursday.

Mr. Cox was not present in court.

But the prosecuting barrister, Lily Buckley, who was instructed by Brendan Gill, the state solicitor,

and assisted by Detective Sergeant Jerry O'Sullivan in Newcastle West Garda Station, she read out the victim impact statements.

And Mr. Cox said in his statement that himself and Mr. McHugh were subjected to a sudden and violent assault by Bill and Alison Chalk, that the level of aggression they displayed on the night meant himself and Mr. McHugh required