Court hears man struck his uncle in family row

A man who sought to play peacemaker between his father and uncle ended up slapping the latter across the face, a court has heard.

Cian O’Brien of Cappagh, Kinsale, Co Cork, was given the benefit of the Probation Act after Bandon District Court yesterday heard he had not meant to assault his uncle, and that things had become heated after a verbal altercation between the pair.

The court heard O’Brien, 31, was pleading guilty to the minor assault on November 30 last when his uncle Ken O’Brien contacted gardaí in Kinsale to say he had been assaulted by his nephew.