Man has ‘habit’ of calling emergency services after rows

Patrick Butler of Dromnacurra, Causeway, Co Kerry, pleaded guilty to what his solicitor described as “a dressed-up” section 4 charge under the Public Order Act, of intoxication in a public place on August 3 after both the ambulance and gardaí found him in an intoxicated condition on the road outside his address.
He had been drinking all night and in the early morning he decided to call the emergency services to come to his home at Dromnacurra, Superintendent Dan Keane, prosecuting, outlined to the court.