'Aggressive' man who hit Cork Bus Éireann driver in the face jailed for three months

Inspector Lynch said the accused got a four-month jail term in the past few days at another court for engaging in threatening behaviour towards staff at a shop in Cork city centre

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A 35-year-old man who hit a Bus Éireann driver in Ballincollig has been jailed for three months.

John Long, who is living at a Simon Community facility called J&A on Anglesea Street, Cork, failed to show up for the case against him at Cork District Court and was convicted in his absence.