Man accused of assault in Cork claims he was 'in act of rescue', court told

The accused man's solicitor told the court: 'He was attempting to prevent the alleged victim from doing what the alleged victim was doing.'

The incident is said to have happened at 4.30am on Sunday morning at Drawbridge Street in Cork. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 45-year-old man accused of assault causing harm to another man at 4.30am on Sunday morning at Drawbridge Street in Cork claimed he was involved in an act of rescue.

45-year-old Gerard Walsh of 72 Bakers Road, Gurranabraher, Cork, applied at Cork District Court for bail on charges of assault causing harm, engaging in threatening behaviour and being so drunk that he was a source of danger to himself or others.