A Clonakilty man who was barred for life from a local hotel was jailed for two years today for violently kicking in a door at the premises during a Christmas visit.

CORMAC O’DONOGHUE and James Weldon played basketball together with Gleneagle Lakers in Killarney but will put that friendship aside this evening.

Justice Minister John O’Donoghue today faced calls to resign as controversy surrounding political attempts to contact a trial judge before sentencing a man for rape deepened.