An air rifle was fired at the back of a customer’s head at a pub in Buttevant by a paranoid man who thought people were talking behind his back and yesterday the culprit was jailed for two years.

An air rifle was fired at the back of a publican’s head by a paranoid man who heard voices and believed people were talking about him behind his back.

A man in his 30s has been charged in connection with a shooting incident in which a man was injured in a Co Cork pub over the public holiday weekend.