Fisherman gets prison sentence for violent assault on 'Good Samaritan' in Cork

Bobby Ivers was also convicted for assaulting the publican of Twomey’s Bar in Castletownbere

For the assault causing harm Mr Ivers was sentenced to eight months in prison. For the assault on the publican he was sentenced to four months in prison, the sentences to run consecutively. File picture

A Donegal fisherman who pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a man who gave him a lift back to his fishing vessel has been sentenced to a total of one year in prison.

Prosecuting, Sergeant Trish O’Sullivan said that Bobby Ivers, 31, of Dunaff, Clonmany, Co. Donegal was charged with one count of assault, two counts of public order and one count of criminal damage for two separate incidents in Castletownbere, Co. Cork as well as one count of failing to appear in court.