‘Rotund man on small bike’ in drive-by insult of garda

A “slightly rotund” 25-year- old man cycling a children’s BMX bike was yesterday told to pay €250 for committing a “drive-by” insult to a Garda.

Kilrush District Court yesterday erupted into laughter after Pat Moylan, the solicitor for Flannan Burke, said his client verbally abused Garda Gerard Griffin after taking offence as he was “a big man on a small bike”.

Burke, of St Senan’s Terrace, Kilrush, pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour at Wilson Rd, Kilrush, on April 19.