Publican of Cork's Silver Key fined for spitting in face of man with 'personal grudge'

The injured party  said a report he made on Mr Campion’s activities when Ed Sheeran played Pairc Uí Chaoimh in 2018 “ignited his loathing for me.”

Tony Campion (pictured) said of the animosity between himself and the complainant: “He (Mr Bresnan) has taken a personal grudge against me. He is barred out of my premises." File photo

A publican denied spitting in the face of a 66-year-old man who was walking into his own home in Ballinlough but he has been convicted and fined €500 for the assault.

54-year-old Tony Campion, publican of The Silver Key, Ballintemple, Cork, first denied the charge of assaulting Patrick Bresnan on May 20, 2020, but was convicted after a trial at Cork District Court.