Man, 74, knocked down by duo and robbed of €40

Two men who knocked an elderly man to the ground and robbed him of €40 were jailed yesterday.

Martin Hurley, aged 43, of 190 Farranferris Avenue, Cork, got four and a half years, with the last year suspended, for the robbery on Roman St, Cork City, on December 30, 2014.

Stephen O’Sullivan, aged 28, of Roman St, Cork, was given 18 months consecutive to three and a half years imposed on him last week for a similar assault and robbery.