Cork prisoner on temporary release got drunk and missed mother's funeral 

Man further sentenced after breaching safety order

The accused weas convicted for breaching a safety order by putting his father in fear, and on another occasion punching him in the face and breaking his nose.

A prisoner was released from Cork prison on compassionate grounds to attend his mother’s funeral but instead, he visited his partner and got intoxicated — turning up to frighten his father later in the night.

That was the account of the incident given at an in-camera hearing of Cork District Court by Sergeant Gearóid Davis.