Man avoids jail for illegal fishing at Cork river 

Keith O’Shea, formerly of 9 Gleann Dara Green, Grenagh, had been convicted in his absence, in April, of using a stroke haul, possession of a stroke haul, and obstructing a fisheries officer.

A man emerged from a Cork court with his once confiscated fishing tackle, having avoided jail for illegal fishing.

In April, Keith O'Shea, formerly of 9 Gleann Dara Green, Grenagh, had been convicted in his absence of using a stroke haul, possession of a stroke haul, and obstructing a fisheries officer.