Father and son appear in Cork court over St Patrick’s Day pool game that got out of hand

Both men were given suspended sentences

Garda Golden said Paddy Delaney had been playing pool with another young man when they both started throwing punches at each other and ended up on the floor behind the table. File picture

A game of pool on St Patrick’s Day got out of hand in a pub in Mitchelstown and one man was struck over the head with a cue and another was hit with a pint glass.

20-year-old Paddy Delaney and his father, 48-year-old Michael Delaney — both of 11 Lios Óir, Pike Road, Fermoy, County Cork — pleaded guilty to carrying out assaults on two other men at J’s Bar, New Square, Mitchelstown, County Cork, on March 17 2024.