Man punched woman during fight over flat amid Christmas shoppers on busy Cork street

The 28-year-old had brought a hammer to the scene but the man he was fighting was the one who picked it up and wielded it during the fight

Garda King said the violent fight on the street occurred at a time when the city was very busy with afternoon shoppers – many of them families with children. File photo: Andy Gibson

Christmas shoppers were alarmed by the sight of two men out on the middle of the road in a violent afternoon fistfight where a hammer was also produced and now one of the culprits has been jailed.

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a sentence of three years with half of it suspended on Edmond O’Sullivan, 30, of no fixed address and formerly of Inchera Lawn in Mahon.