A Boston policeman found himself on something of a busman’s holiday as he chased and detained a man who allegedly threw a brick at a passing car and head-butted a man working at a restaurant in Cork City.

Valerie O’Donovan, 32, died in the early hours of last Sunday in a single vehicle crash at Manch Middle, Ballineen, Co Cork. Ms O’Donovan of Riverview Drive, Ballineen was a front-seat passenger in the car.