Group armed with machete and slash-hook threatened man they would cut him up

Cork man jailed after pleading guilty to violent disorder in Mahon, among other crimes

Gardaí arrived and a number of males were arrested at the scene. John McDonagh did not argue with the guards, Cork District Court heard

Armed gardaí rushed to the scene after five men, armed with a machete, a slash-hook, bolt-cutters, a garden implement, and a hammer, threatened another man that they would cut him up.

The potentially violent incident occurred outside a house at Lakelands Crescent in Mahon.