Solicitor longs for days when people had manners

“God be with the days when people had manners around the town,” a solicitor declared yesterday in defence of a man involved in a fracas outside Abrakebabra on St Patrick St in Cork.

Frank Buttimer made the comment at Cork District Court in defence of Glen Walsh, 24, of 87 Connolly Rd, Ballyphehane, who denied a charge of assault causing harm to Jamie Martin, aged 22, on October 29, 2016.

Mr Walsh had no previous convictions and is saving to do a master’s degree. He claimed that the only reason he became involved in the incident in the first place was when he heard his then girlfriend being insulted by a man he had never seen.