A former Fianna Fáil councillor admitted being “a kind of stalker” while harassing a waitress at the restaurant where she worked in Cork city, a court has heard.
Joseph O’Donovan (50), formerly Gary O’Flynn, who served on Cork City Council from 2003 to 2008, returned to Cork District Court on Friday for sentencing after he previously pleaded guilty to harassing the 25-year-old woman on three occasions in July and August 2022.
Judge Mary Dorgan noted from a probation report that O’Donovan was assessed as being at a low risk of reoffendi
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