Man charged in connection with knife attack on family in Cork remanded in custody

A 54-year-old man charged in connection with a knife attack on a family that resulted in one woman having to undergo nine hours of emergency surgery just before Christmas is planning to apply to be released on bail at the High Court.

Thomas O’Sullivan of Silvercourt, Silversprings, Cork, was back in Cork District Court charged with three separate counts of assault causing harm to a 47-year-old woman, her 20-year-old daughter and her 10-year-old son.