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A MAN WAS brought to hospital in Cork yesterday evening after a violent incident between two other men.
The man, who is in his 80s, was a bystander to the fight on Saint Patrick’s Street in Cork city centre.
He was injured and taken to Mercy University Hospital for treatment. His injuries are believed to not be life-threatening.
In a statement, gardaí said they were called to a public order incident yesterday at 7.55pm. When they arrived at the scene, the suspects had already left.
Investigations are ongoing but no arrests have yet been made.
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Hopefully he recovers well. Why were the comments closed on the homeless TD story??
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: there open
@Caitríona O’Neill Ashe: They’re closed. Unable to comment. Apology accepted ;)
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: they were open. People brought up the fact that she has a history of not paying rent (€12k arrears on €63 a week rent to a housing Charity) which may contributed to her current situation.
https://extra.ie/2020/02/16/news/politics/violet-anne-wynne-rent-charity
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@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: they were open earlier but there wasn’t enough sympathy goin around for her predick a ment
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: they were open earlier. Then everyone pointed out her salary ..
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: replies are open
@Patricia Delaney: *face palm
@Daniel O’Connor: Unreal!
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: Also no questioning allowed she seems to be living in a holiday home which she says isn’t suitable. She wants a nice 4 bed to be supplied
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: Unbelievable, the anti-vaxx TD who robs from homeless charities and who’s partner is a convicted drug dealer. Shameful from the people of Clare voting for popular nonsense.
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: We can’t all be wrong! Apology gladly taken from you
@Daniel O’Connor: to be fair a single wage of €101k is a decent wage, But in the context of a single income family of 7, maybe 8 people it’s not near as good as everyone makes out. Al that aside she made an extremely bad error of judgement to expect sympathy from the general public
@Caitríona O’Neill Ashe: Good try and post a comment on the story there and come back to me.
@Alex McDwyer: in her holiday home and she has 32k travel and accommodation allowance a year
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: I’m embarrassed for you
@Denis Ryan: populist* don’t know why that autocorrected to popular
@Daniel O’Connor: And no mention of what the father of these 6 children has done since they became homeless …. Shes some bit of work attention seeking ! Bet SF couldnt wait to get rid of her
@Denis Ryan: Drug dealer or someone who uses cannibas for medicinal purposes?
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: can’t gerry or Mary lou spare a room for this spanner?
@páraicS: Look up the difference between dealer and user and get back to me.
@Caitríona O’Neill Ashe: Why so? Did you manage to post a comment on that article yet? Nah, didn’t think so. Comments are still closed.
@keano: who forced her to have 6 kids? She is a scrounger.
It wasn’t that long ago (20/30 years) when you would see a guard walking the streets on any given night. Sadly it’s not the case any more. What hope have the suburbs and elsewhere got when they can’t police the main thoroughfares.
Cork city centre has gotten so rough, and the streets are not save as they used to be.
@Sean Mullen: i think it is being a bit exaggerated tbh, The likes of prendeville and pj coogan would make you think it’s like downtown fallujah the way they go on, keep those listeners and clicks flooding in, I don’t think it’s especially rougher than it used to be 5-10 years ago. People are more inclined to film things though.
@Sean Mullen: Well, you always wanted to be the “real capital” now you’re getting a taste. Not so great is it?
@SPQH: It’s got a long long way to go to catch up with Dublin regarding crime of all sorts and anti social behavior.
@A$AP Ragnick: certainly not being exaggerated, thanks to media coverage for making us aware of what’s happening.
@A$AP Ragnick: I have never witnessed anything like this in Cork. Maybe I’m not going to the right places?
Why be called out? Are there no gardai on patrol??
@Peter Kelly: yes they patrol but can’t be everywhere all the time so they rely on the public reporting stuff to them
@Jim Buckley Barrett: Not a place to go anymore. The amount of violence in Cork streets has increased. You cannot walk the streets without been stopped and asked for money. As you say, the Guards cannot be everywhere but there are none on the beat around the town. A lot of their work is taken up with admin now I believe.
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