A daughter and son of prominent pub-chain businessman Charlie Chawke have been returned for trial on charges of assault causing harm to two men at the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick.
Alison Chawke, 40, of The Beeches, Holywell, Goatstown, Dublin, is accused of having assaulted two victims on 9 November 2023.
Bill Chawke, 30, of Merrion Street Upper, Dublin, is charged with two counts of assault causing harm.
At Newcastle West District Court, prosecuting Garda Ronan Hayes from Adare Garda Station told Judge Carol Anne Coolican that he served the two accused with a copy of the State's Book of Evidence.
Inspector Barry Manton told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions had consented to both accused "being sent forward for trial to the current sittings of Limerick Circuit Criminal Court".
Inspector Manton said that both Chawke siblings had "declined the opportunity, in writing, to go forward for trial on a signed plea".
The court previously heard that the two accused made no reply when charged.
Their solicitor, Michael Finucane, made an application for, and was granted a "Section 56 order", that any recordings of his clients' garda interviews following their arrests be disclosed to the defence solicitor.
Earlier, the judge returned both accused for trial before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court on a date yet to be scheduled.
