Cork footballer to pay woman €1k for taking her hand without consent at wedding

Thomas Clancy followed a member of staff at a hotel in Clonakilty into a laundry room, where he had taken her hand into his without her consent, court heard

Cork GAA footballer Thomas Clancy at Clonakilty District Court on Tuesday, where he was charged with assault and given a three-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay the victim €1,000. Picture: Andy Gibson

A Cork intercounty footballer is to pay a woman €1,000 after he admitted taking her hand without consent after following her into a laundry room while he was celebrating his cousin's wedding.

Thomas Clancy, of Carhue in Clonakilty, had pleaded guilty to the simple assault at a previous court hearing and Clonakilty District Court heard  he had no memory of the incident, which occurred on June 3 last year.