Witness tells murder trial Cork postman had punched girlfriend of one of the accused

One witness told the court: 'I saw Alex Deady coming down the middle of the road with a stick, I thought.'

Fionn O’Kelly said his sister had been punched by the deceased Barry Daly (pictured) that night outside Eily’s pub after closing time.

A young man on trial for murdering postman Barry Daly on the night of big hurling celebrations in Doneraile said “his woman” had been punched in the mouth and that he had to sort it out.

That is what one witness told Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford and the jury of seven women and five men at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork on Tuesday.