Passengers on a train alerted gardaí about a man in a carriage who was clearly in possession of a steak knife, and while he pleaded guilty to possessing it, he claimed it was for fishing. 59-year-old Richard Glavin, of Ashmount Court, Silversprings, Cork, “is acutely aware of the risk of a prison sentence”, his solicitor Frank Buttimer said at Cork District Court. It is a steak knife with a six-inch blade. The gardaí would not have had to search him and find the knife. She imposed a sentence of two months suspended: “I take it he has learned his lesson — any fishing gear has to be carefully packed away.”

Source: Irish Examiner January 07, 2026 20:14 UTC