Man stabbed in the head nine times after mother's funeral

John Paul O’Driscoll wept in the witness box at Cork District Court yesterday as he pleaded with Judge Olann Kelleher to let him out on bail. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A 33-year-old man who recently returned to Cork from Cardiff attended his mother’s funeral on Friday but ended the day being stabbed nine times in the head.

John Paul O’Driscoll wept in the witness box at Cork District Court yesterday as he pleaded with Judge Olann Kelleher to let him out on bail on a charge of stealing cider on the following day.