Man tried to rob bag of cash from publican’s car

A man sat into the passenger seat of a publican’s car and tried to rob a bag containing €805 in cash but claimed he was trying to prevent a possible drink-driving incident.

Noel Buckley, aged 37, of Monard, Whitechurch, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court yesterday to a charge of attempting to rob Richard Cronin outside An Bróg on Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.

Detective Garda Cormac Crotty said the crime was carried out after 4am on August 7, when the injured party, Mr Cronin, walked out of the premises with a bag containing the case.