Det Garda Declan Healy of Carrigaline Garda station gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution. He told the court that Mr Deasy made no reply when the sole charge was put to him after caution.
Gardaí would allege there was CCTV footage showing Mr Deasy and another man getting into a car while there was also CCTV footage of men getting out of the same car and assaulting Mr O’Neill. Det Garda Healy said that gardaí were also objecting to bail on the grounds that they feared Mr Deasy would not stand trial and would abscond if he was granted bail by the court.
Defence solicitor Ms Hallahan asked whether gardaí would be satisfied for Mr Deasy to be released on bail if he was willing to abide by a number of bail conditions. Judge John King said there were good grounds for refusing Mr Deasy bail and he remanded him in custody to appear at Cork District Court by video link on January 5th for the Director of Public Prosecutions’s directions.