An off-duty bar manager socialising at the same bar assaulted a security man at the premises and yesterday he was convicted and fined.

A circuit court judge said yesterday he had never come across a more arrogant witness than the 33-year-old cyclist appealing a case where gardaí had to handcuff him when a row about his cycling escalated so badly.

A four-minute sulky race that resulted in over a year of YouTube notoriety was back in court yesterday where five of those involved had their five-month jail terms reduced by two months and their six-year driving bans cut by a year.