Sixteen charged with public order offences in Cork City released on bail

The 13 men and three women, all in their 20s, includes sets of siblings, and all have addresses in Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Dublin

People leave Cork District Court following a hearing in relation to a public order incident in the city on Sunday. Picture: Chani Anderson

Sixteen people have been released on bail on the condition they stay out of Cork city centre after they were each charged following a serious public order incident in the city on Sunday night.

The 13 men and three women, all in their 20s, including sets of siblings, and all with addresses in Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Dublin, were all charged with a range of public order offences after a series of linked disturbances in the city centre on Sunday night and the early hours of Monday morning, during which gardaí had to use pepper spray and two gardaí were injured.