Sentencing of a 33-year-old hospital patient who punched an 88-year-old patient to death at Mercy University Hospital will go ahead on March 27, it emerged on Thursday as it was confirmed that the pre-sentencing probation report would be available. Defence senior counsel Brendan Grehan confirmed that the probation report would be available at the Central Criminal Court in Cork next Friday.

Source: Irish Examiner March 20, 2026 01:27 UTC