TYRONE footballer Cathal McCarron has been spared a criminal conviction after he agreed to pay €500 to charity following an altercation in a Dublin pub.
The 28-year-old had pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour at Anglesea Street in Temple Bar on May 12 this year.
Dublin District Court previously heard that McCarron had to be restrained by bouncers before he was put out of the Auld Dubliner pub. He was then said to have become aggressive to gardaí who came to investigate.
The public order offence can result in a conviction, fine and a three-month sentence. However, Judge Michael Walsh struck out the case yesterday after the court heard McCarron had given €500 to a homeless charity.
His solicitor also gave the court a letter of apology from his client to gardaí.
The footballer has recently released an autobiography, Out of Control, which tells the story of his struggles with gambling addiction.
