Man remanded over threatening text messages

A woman was terrified over the holiday period after receiving threatening phone calls and text messages from a man she knew.

John Geasley (aged 57) of Castlepark, Ballincollig, Co Cork, was arrested by Detective Garda David O’Regan and brought before a special sitting of Cork District Court this afternoon on a charge of harassing Bernadette O’Driscoll between December 13 and 29.