A man whose unprovoked headbutt on a man on his way home from a night out in Cork City had devastating consequences for the victim and yesterday the judge remanded the accused in custody overnight to consider what sentence to impose.

Two young men who were attacked and robbed in Cork City centre were terrified of being thrown into the river and yesterday one of the attackers was jailed for two years.

FOUR women were convicted and fined yesterday for running a brothel in an apartment in Cork city centre.