Judge’s jibe over jail visit by TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly

A judge made a couple of thinly veiled barbs at the governor of Limerick prison over TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly enjoying “afternoon tea” at the jail last month.

Judge Patrick Durcan last year imposed fines totalling €4,000 on Mr Wallace and Ms Daly after they breached the perimeter at Shannon Airport in July 2014.

His order also specified the two would each serve 30 days in jail if the fines were not paid.