The man sustained injuries near a shop on Oliver Plunkett Street at 1.40pm on Friday.

Det Garda Bryan Murphy said that “unfortunately the two groups of people tangled". He said that Mr Herdman punched the injured party three times

Cork City Council granted planning permission for the hotel last May, but said the developer should reduce the height of the building by one storey

Volunteers who organise regular soup kitchens in Cork have called for better services to be provided for vulnerable people such as Vanessa O’Callaghan (36) who died in hospital yesterday after being assaulted in the city centre last weekend