Cork man admits manslaughter of 'kind and good-natured' pensioner after chance meeting in pub

Aaron Wolfe was originally charged with murder but the DPP accepted the guilty plea to manslaughter

Florence O'Sullivan died at Cork University Hospital on April 6, 2023, after being hospitalised following the March 11 incident. File picture: RIP.ie

A kind and good-natured 69-year-old man from West Cork got into conversation with a 28-year-old man in a Cork City pub and four hours later — without any signs of animosity building up between them — the elderly man was bleeding heavily on the ground being kicked in the head by the younger man.

On Wednesday at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, Aaron Wolfe pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Florence (Florrie) O’Sullivan on March 11, 2023, at 15 Glentrasna Court, The Glen, Cork. He was originally charged with murder but Jane Hyland, prosecuting, said the DPP accepted the guilty plea to manslaughter.