Judge warns of more ‘severe’ jail time for public order offences

A DISTRICT judge in Cork declared that he was getting more and more concerned about the significant deterioration of public order in certain parts of the city.

Judge Con O’Leary warned of severe prison sentences in the future as he jailed one man for five months for resisting arrest during a drunken disturbance.

“There seems to be a presumption that gardaí should be taken on. And I don’t think much of that sort of behaviour,” Judge O’Leary said.