Brendan O’Carroll recalls childhood brush with the law

Funnyman Brendan O’Carroll yesterday revealed how he had a brush with the law at the tender age of nine — and ended up in a tough reform school.

The Mrs Brown’s Boys star was caught shoplifting and was subsequentlyaccompanied to court by his mother Maureen, who was the first female Labour TD in the Dáil.

On the morning of his ninth birthday, he wore his suit going into Bewley’s in Dublin for his usual birthday treat of a cup of coffee and a chocolate eclair, but not before his mum took him to the Children’s Court in Cabra.