Officers from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) had seen Mr Callaghan illegally fishing with two other men in the Owenacurra River at the Cork Road Bridge, Midleton on the afternoon of Sunday, 21st of July 2019 while the river was closed to angling for the protection and conservation of salmon and sea trout stocks. Mr Callaghan fled the scene when he was approached by Fisheries Officer and he was then chased in to town centre where he assaulted an officer.