Former Senator found guilty of assaulting gardaí after Indiependence music festival

Former Senator James Heffernan maintained that any suggestion that he was "kung fu kicking a guard in the back" was completely false and that he was never abusive to gardaí.

A former Senator has been found guilty of assaulting three gardaí after he was arrested outside the Indiependence Music Festival in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

Fermoy District Court head that James Heffernan (39) of Ballinlyna, Kifinane, Co Limerick told gardaí that they were "sound as trouts" on August 1, 2016 after he spent a night in custody following his arrest.