Men banned from bars after attacking publican

Three men remanded in custody since last week for attacking a Midleton publican have been banned by the sentencing judge from all pubs in the Midleton and Ballinacurra area.

“They are prohibited from being in any public house or bar in Midleton or Ballinacurra. If you are seen buying a bottle of orange or having a coffee on a morning you will be back here,” Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

The judge reminded the trio of the effect they had on the publican, who gave evidence in court last week. “He is inside trying to run a bar and you come in there and kick him around the place,” the judge said to them.