Former Cork councillor pleads guilty to harassing woman in city three years ago

Joseph O’Donovan, formerly known as Gary O’Flynn, admitted the charge of harassment on three dates at a location in Cork City

Gary O'Flynn was a councillor on Cork City Council from 2003 to 2008. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney

A former Fianna Fáil councillor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to harassing a woman in Cork City in the summer of 2022.

49-year-old Joseph O’Donovan, formerly known as Gary O’Flynn, of Melvindale House, Coolowen, Blarney, Cou Cork, indicated through his solicitor Frank Buttimer he was pleading guilty to the harassment.