No getting off the hook for fishy tale

A fishy excuse for having a knife in suspicious circumstances failed to get a man off the hook yesterday and he was ordered to do 200 hours of community service.

Garda Kevin Coholan was the observer in the Garda patrol car near the bus station at Parnell Place in Cork, at 10.35pm on May 13 when he saw John Hogan, of 7 Kinvara Close, Cork, placing a knife up his left sleeve.

Garda Coholan told Hogan that he believed he had a knife up his sleeve. The guard took possession of the knife.