A life buoy was used to strike a man over the head in the course of a city centre assault and now the 51-year-old man who carried out the crime has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. Garda Stephen O’Sullivan said that at approximately 6pm on October 15 last year, gardaí responded to a report of an incident at Lower Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork City, in relation to an assault. “At the scene, gardaí observed a man bleeding from the head and face and he was lying on the ground in a semi-conscious state. "Gordon Sheerin then drags the male across the road at Lower Oliver Plunket Street,” Garda O’Sullivan said. "He wishes to apologise to the victim even though the victim has chosen not to engage with the process,” Ms Audley said at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Source: Irish Examiner March 04, 2026 03:56 UTC