Window smashed with hurley during row

A former Cork county minor hurler, who has since become addicted to heroin, used a hurley to smash a window in a row with a neighbour.

Gardaí rushed to Glenfields Avenue, Ballyvolane, Cork, where they found Gordan Browne, aged 27, armed with a knife and a hurley.

Garda Inspector Dermot O’Connor yesterday said gardaí saw Browne using the hurley to break the window of a house.