Man avoids jail for hitting Garda who tended to him after fight outside Cork pub

Garda Halon said: "I believe his friends prevented him from further assaulting me."

Defence barrister Patrick O’Riordan said the accused had gathered €8,000 compensation for the injured garda. File photo

A Donegal man installing Broadband cable in East Cork got involved in a violent incident outside a pub in Midleton and was sentenced yesterday for assault causing harm to a garda.

42-year-old Mark Alcorn of Kilmore, Churchill, Letterkenny, County Donegal, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to Garda Gary Hanlon on October 20, 2019, at Main Street, Midleton, County Cork, and engaging in violent disorder.