A 30-YEAR-OLD Cork man has been remanded on bail after he pleaded guilty yesterday to making a threatening phone call to former Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy at the height of the dispute with the Cork hurling panel last March.
Trevor O’Reilly, Anderson’s Quay, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to making a menacing phone call to Gerald McCarthy on March 5th last contrary to various postal and telecommunications services Acts.
Sgt Mark Canning told the court that Mr McCarthy’s son Paul (28) answered a phone call on the night in question when a caller with a northern accent asked if he was through to the home of the then Cork hurling manager.
When Mr McCarthy’s son confirmed he had the correct number, the caller said: “Tell him that this is the Continuity IRA in Tyrone and if he doesn’t step down as Cork hurling coach, he’s going to get a bullet in the back of the head”.
Sgt Canning said Mr McCarthy took the threat seriously and he and his family were very distressed by it.
Judge Con O’Leary adjourned the case until December 3rd to allow for the preparation of a victim impact statement from the McCarthys and a probation report on O’Reilly.
