{"id":561219,"date":"2026-07-21T18:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/561219\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:55:13","slug":"bill-chawkes-new-wife-visits-husband-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/561219\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Chawke&#8217;s new wife visits husband behind bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not quite the<a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/07\/14\/entertainment\/events\/charlie-chawke-son-wedding\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/07\/14\/entertainment\/events\/charlie-chawke-son-wedding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> happy start to married life <\/a>she\u2019d have hoped for, but Sarah McKenna put her very best, designer-clad foot forward as she made the trip to Limerick Prison for her first visit to recently jailed husband, Bill Chawke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/07\/14\/entertainment\/events\/charlie-chawke-son-wedding\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/07\/14\/entertainment\/events\/charlie-chawke-son-wedding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">married just weeks ago in a lavish ceremony <\/a>at the Anantara Villa Padierna Palace resort in Marbella, Spain, following an earlier civil ceremony at Trinity College Chapel in Dublin, where Bill\u2019s sister Alison served as a formal witness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bill-Chawke-Wedding-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2170054\"  \/>Bill Chawke on his wedding day. Pic: ADORE Socials via Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it should have been the start of their first year together as newlyweds, instead, Sarah found herself shlepping to <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/07\/21\/hotpress\/robbie-williams-thomond-park\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Limerick<\/a> to visit her hubby behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/oran-sandal-021056Z-02-worn-1-0-0-800-800_g.jpg\" alt=\"Herm\u00e8s Oran sandals in white calfskin, \u20ac635. Pic: Hermes\" class=\"wp-image-2173205\"  \/>Herm\u00e8s Oran sandals in white calfskin, \u20ac635. Pic: Hermes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever the circumstances, Sarah still managed to look effortlessly put-together for the occasion, opting for a relaxed take on luxury dressing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wore Herm\u00e8s Oran sandals in white calfskin, valued at \u20ac750, paired with a classic Chanel Flap Bag in black quilted leather with gold-tone hardware, valued at approximately \u20ac10,000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/37659807_70553018_1000.jpg\" alt=\"Classic Double Flap Bag Quilted Lambskin Medium shoulder bag, 10.733 \u20ac. Pic: Chanel\" class=\"wp-image-2173206\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7142799287218533;width:661px;height:auto\"  \/>Classic Double Flap Bag Quilted Lambskin Medium shoulder bag, 10.733 \u20ac. Pic: Chanel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P01191514.jpg\" alt=\"Agolde, Vintage Loose straight jeans, \u20ac 330. Pic: Mytheresa.com\" class=\"wp-image-2173209\"  \/>Agolde, Vintage Loose straight jeans, \u20ac 330. Pic: Mytheresa.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She finished the look with Agolde light-wash, wide-leg relaxed jeans, valued at approximately \u20ac300, and Le Specs oval retro white-framed sunglasses, valued at approximately \u20ac75, while she was also carrying a casual Lululemon reusable tote, valued at just \u20ac6.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LU9DICS_011185_1.jpg\" alt=\"Lululemon reusable tote. Pic: Lululemon\" class=\"wp-image-2173210\"  \/>Lululemon reusable tote. Pic: Lululemon<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within weeks of saying Bill Chawke, 31, was handed a two-and-a-half-year sentence, 12 months suspended, for his part in a hotel brawl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanying her on the visit was an equally stylish companion, clutching a Bottega Veneta Small Cassette Bag in porridge\/cream woven leather, valued at \u20ac2,500.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-2_16191b.jpg\" alt=\"Bottega Veneta Pink Intrecciato Lambskin Candy Arco Tote, $2.500,00. Pic: Mygemma.com\" class=\"wp-image-2173218\"  \/>Bottega Veneta Pink Intrecciato Lambskin Candy Arco Tote, $2.500,00. Pic: Mygemma.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit comes just days after a dramatic turn for the children of legendary Dublin publican Charlie Chawke. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bill Chawke and his sister, Alison, 41, were both sentenced at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court following an alcohol-fuelled assault on two men at the four-star Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, after the pair had consumed 14 drinks and wrongly believed two patrons were \u2018staring and smirking\u2019 at them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defence counsel had acknowledged the siblings brought considerable embarrassment on the family, but the judge ruled that a stint behind bars was the most appropriate sentence \u00a0leaving Bill to begin married life locked up \u00a0rather than on honeymoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not quite the happy start to married life she\u2019d have hoped for, but Sarah McKenna put her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-561219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}