Man ‘foaming at the mouth’ when arrested at home of U2 drummer

A judge has adjourned sentencing a Dublin man who was found guilty of trespassing at the home of U2 drummer Larry Mullen.

Dublin District Court has heard that Gerard O’Neill, 31, was armed with a golf club and threatened gardaí he would infect them with HIV.

O’Neill, of Orchid House, James Street, Dublin 8, was “foaming at the mouth” when he resisted arrest and threatened the officers who responded to a 6am report of intruders on the grounds of the drummer’s home.