Cork man who produced large knife in Cobh pub gets suspended sentence

Cobh pub customers called gardaí after man produced the weapon.

Cian Hodgers, of Elton Estate in Cobh, Co Cork,  pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening behaviour and producing a knife during the incident at Casement Square in Cobh.

Customers at Tarrant’s pub in Cobh called gardaí when a man at the premises frightened people by producing a large orange-handled knife.

 Detective Garda Brian Murphy testified at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that a call came through to gardaí just after 8.30pm on February 15, 2025, that a man was engaging in threatening people with a 30cm long knife.