Jail for Cloyne woman who hit man with a poker

Sheila O’Keeffe had also breached an order by turning up outside the victim’s door on Christmas week, banging at his door and shouting at him.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a 12-month sentence on Sheila O’Keeffe with half of it suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File photo

A Cloyne woman who recently went back to the home of a neighbour she had attacked with a poker over two years ago – banging at his door and shouting at him - was jailed today.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a 12-month sentence on Sheila O’Keeffe with half of it suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.