12 pubs, 7 women, 3 assaults, 1 ‘funny old case’

The 12 pubs of Christmas, seven women, three incidents, multiple cases of guilt proven, one acquittal, and — possibly — no convictions following a hearing yesterday described by a judge as “women behaving badly”.

The case at Clonakilty District Court also involved five solicitors, CCTV footage of a dancefloor assault, and two other witnesses in an episode which spiralled out of control after an initial altercation in Gatsby’s nightclub in Dunmanway.

Judge James McNulty heard that Holly O’Dwyer, of Chapel St in the town, was punched in the mouth in the nightclub in the early hours of December 13, 2015, by Nisha Hayden, of Nedineagh, Dunmanway, who denied doing so.