Cork hurler released from prison

An intermediate Cork hurler who spent two months remanded in prison for an assault on a man and a woman in Cork city centre was released yesterday and sentencing was put back for a year for more compensation.

Aaron Hannon, of 10 Liam Healy Road, Fairhill, Cork, pleaded guilty in October at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assault causing harm to a man and a woman at St Oliver Plunkett St, Cork, on October 16, 2016.

Hannon has, with the help of €1,500 from family members, raised €4,000 in compensation.