‘Knife was for cutting pizza’

Gardaí heard screams from a house that “she’s got a knife” and then saw a woman with a red-handled, red-bladed knife in her hand, which she only dropped on being threatened with pepper spray. She later claimed she was helping neighbours to cut pizza.

Garda Craig Peterson said gardaí were alerted to an incident at Shamrock Lawn in Mayfield, Cork, on May 4 last and arrived to find a crowd outside Number 23.

Garda Peterson said Emer O’Gorman of 24 Shannon Lawn was “intoxicated, angry, and shouting at residents of 23 Shannon Lawn”.