Cork mum assaulted security guard en route to Santa

A woman keen to bring children to Santa’s grotto reacted in an unseasonal spirit when refused entry to a shopping centre.

Sylvia O’Driscoll, aged 28, of 6 Seminary Place, Cork, pleaded guilty to assaulting a security man. She also admitted at Cork District Court to engaging in threatening behaviour at the Blackpool Shopping Centre.

She pushed a security guard in the chest when he told her she could not enter.