Drunk man damaged Garda car with axe

A drunken man let fly with a large axe causing extensive damage to a patrol car parked outside a Garda station.

Inspector John Deasy outlined details of the crime yesterday at Cork District Court.

The inspector said the incident happened in January but that the man had a conviction for a similar attack on a Garda car. That conviction dated from 2015 and related to criminal damage he caused to the car in 2013.