Man fined for verbally abusing garda

A man roaring "God Save the Queen" in Cork told a garda, "Ye arrest me because I am gay and Protestant and from Tipperary."

Paul Browne of St James’s Place, Ballyhooley Rd, Cork, pleaded guilty yesterday at Cork District Court to being drunk and a source of danger and being threatening, insulting or abusive at the time.

Garda Lorraine O’Donovan encountered Browne, aged 40, at 4am on September 26, 2013, standing out in front of a Country Clean refuse collection lorry on Washington St west.