Man charged over alleged Cork brothel

A Chinese national who studied hospitality and is known to his friends in Ireland as Finbarr pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to running a brothel in Cork in August 2016.

Ming Zing Zhang, aged 35, said previously in Cork District Court and when asked his name, “Finbarr. They all call me Finbarr for the last 16 years.” Frank Buttimer, solicitor, said the defendant worked behind the bar at St Finbarr’s GAA club in Cabra, Dublin, and came to be called Finbarr. He also studied hospitality.

“I love this country,” Mr Zhang said during his bail application yesterday.