A homeless man who was savagely beaten to death in Cork over the weekend was a talented chef who had bravely battled alcoholism without losing his sense of humour or his spirit. Timothy (Timmy) Hourihane (53), who was originally from Bantry in west Cork gave a poignant interview to the Irish Times on Christmas Day in 2017. That was Timmy.”Talented chefChalmers said that Hourihane was an extremely talented chef who struggled in the wake of his alcoholism. His first question was, “What in the name of God are you doing in Penny Dinners interviewing people on Christmas morning? Then he moved on to trying to figure out where he might find cigarettes on a Christmas morning.

Source: The Irish Times October 14, 2019 09:33 UTC