‘Shrek’ taunt sparks family row in pub but baffles judge

A judge has pleaded ignorance to the existence of the multibillion-euro green ogre Shrek after hearing that a taunt related to the character sparked a pub row between extended family members.

At Ennis District Court, a baffled Judge Patrick Durcan asked Insp Tom Kennedy: “Shrek? What does that mean? How do you spell that?”

Judge Durcan had just heard Rebecca Concannon, the accused, state that her uncle, Valentine Bane, told another man in her group in Crowley’s pub in Corofin: “Come on, Shrek.”