No bail in case of assault causing loss of finger

Gardaí objected to bail being granted to a man facing a serious assault charge arising out of the investigation of a young man having a finger cut off.

Alan McCarthy, aged 27, of Spring Lane halting site, Blackpool, Cork, was arrested by Garda Graham Desmond and brought before Cork District Court.

McCarthy was charged under the Non-fatal Offences Against the Person Act on a charge of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to another young man.