Garda car ‘attacked by man with slash hook’

A father and his two sons have appeared before Cork District Court following an incident where a Garda patrol car was attacked by a man with a slash hook at a halting site in the county.

Simon Quilligan, aged 51, his sons Sammy, aged 23, and Shane, 26, appeared with Martin Harty, 24, and James Sheehan, 30, at a special sitting of the court in Cork City.