Two Cork men jailed for spree of racially motivated attacks in the city

The court heard that both men had rehabilitated extensively since this drink-fuelled night of assaults and had expressed remorse, and that Paul Murphy denied being racist

Both men were sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment, with the last year suspended for Mr Murphy and the last 18 months suspended for Mr O’Mahoney. File picture: Dan Linehan

A spree of racially motivated assaults on three foreign nationals in Cork City by two local men on the same night resulted in them being jailed on Friday.

Garda Ross Broekhuizen was asked at the sentencing hearing for the two men - 29-year-old Paul Murphy of 62 Commons Road, Cork, and 28-year-old Ryan O’Mahoney of 16 Carrig Court, Mahon, Cork – what the motivation was for both men to engage in three violent attacks on the same night.