Armed Cork robber warned staff against ‘any heroics’

A Cork man tried to rob medicines from Hickey’s pharmacy on Tory Top Road in Ballyphehane, Cork.

A Cork man who robbed a shop of cash and tobacco while armed with a knife tried to rob medicines from a pharmacy, passing a note to a member of staff threatening them and warning against ‘any heroics’.

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a total jail term of three years with the last six months suspended. This is consecutive to 13 months, which is a reactivated suspended sentence for another matter against 38-year-old Shane O’Donoghue of Leesdale, Model Farm Road, Cork.