Drunk man frightened children at Ferris wheel

Children waiting for their turn on the Ferris wheel in the centre of Cork City on Christmas week were frightened by the antics of a drunken man who was jailed for a month yesterday.

Insp John Deasy said yesterday at Cork District Court that on Dec 22, 2013, Richard O’Brien, aged 42, got through a gap in a cordoned line and pushed into the middle of the queue.

“Mr O’Brien was highly intoxicated and falling around bumping into adults and children causing alarm to those present. Several young children were very frightened,” he said.