Judge Gerard O’Brien at Cork Circuit Criminal Court voiced his concerns about growing levels of gratuitous violence on the street. He made the comments to a young man he had, on Tuesday, remanded in custody for a knockout blow he delivered to another young man in Cork city two years ago. He had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to a young man on April 22, 2017 outside the Woodshed public house on Sheares Street, Cork. Garda O’Herlihy said the accused had 19 previous convictions, most of them for public order offences. He was fined earlier this month for a public order offence.

Source: Irish Examiner February 21, 2019 19:07 UTC