Man faces assault charges relating to Cork city incident

The garda file has been completed in the case against a 44-year-old man charged with assault causing harm to a woman arising out of a serious incident at Evergreen Road in February, where a garda helicopter was involved in the investigation.

The man, who is not named for legal reasons, was charged by Detective Garda Patrick Houlihan with carrying out an assault on a woman causing her harm, contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, at Evergreen Road.

Sergeant Gearóid Davis said directions were not yet available but that the garda file was complete.

On the application of Sgt Davis, Judge Mary Dorgan adjourned the case until February 4 2026.

Frank Buttimer, solicitor, acknowledged that it may be a complicated investigation and that the defence would consent to a lengthy adjournment.

When he was charged and cautioned the 44-year-old replied, “Thanks so much for taking clear measures in this case. I look forward to being released and going back to my children.”

The case arose out of the investigation into a reported incident at 9am on February 10 this year at Evergreen Road where it was alleged that a man fled from the scene and was found on waste ground nearby.

It was reported that a man allegedly forced his way into a house where he threatened a woman, who was at home alone with a child, and subjected her to a serious assault.

Gardaí corndoned off the area outside this house.

It was further reported that the woman managed to get free at around 9.40am on February 10, take her child with her, and run outside in her slippers to a pharmacy across the road, and that she apparently suffered slash wounds from a bladed instrument during her struggle to escape.