Hotel supervisor punched after bar closed at party

A hotel supervisor was punched in the mouth by a man who took exception to the bar being closed at a family party and yesterday the culprit pleaded with the judge not to jail him.

Sammy Quilligan, aged 21, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a charge of assault causing harm to Pierre Toussaint at the Ambassador hotel on Military hotel in Cork.

Defence solicitor, Joseph Cuddigan, said: “The injured party was working there and was quite rightly seeking to close the bar at the time.