Boatman jailed for headbutting young man 'without warning' at quay in Cork city

Paul Tynan, who lives on a boat on the River Lee, also assaulted Garda Kate Sheehan at Kyrl’s Quay in Cork city

The court heard the young man was walking home along Penrose Quay when the assault happened. File photo: Larry Cummins

A man living in a boat moored on the River Lee in Cork city headbutted a young man walking home along Penrose Quay and now the assailant has been jailed for five months.

Judge Olann Kelleher said that among the several counts on which Paul Tynan was convicted the two most serious counts were of assault.