Elderly man avoids conviction for racial abuse on street

An man has pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive, or insulting language where he was described as verbally abusing a non-national on Barrack St, Cork.

Inspector Bill Duane said gardaí responded to a call to the area on Jan 4.

A non-national told gardaí he was in the area waiting for an estate agent to come to show him a property on 96 Barrack St.