Single-punch attack is jailed Corkman's eighth assault conviction

Judge Kelleher expressed concern about the fact that the accused had 201 previous convictions including five for assault and two for assault causing harm

Sergeant John Kelleher said the injured party in this case died recently but he stressed that the assault was not linked in any way with his death.

A man has been jailed for nine months for delivering a knockout blow to a man at the Simon Community in Cork.

38-year-old William O’Driscoll, formerly of the Knocknaheeny area and of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing harm to the other man at Cork Simon Community on Anderson’s Quay, Cork, on Monday night November 9, 2020.