One word followed another at a pub in Cork City until a man punched the other in the face, breaking his nose.

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 separate weekend assaults in Cork City left one man in a critical condition and a woman in need of treatment in hospital.