Student avoids conviction after mocking garda

A student on a night out mocked a garda for telling him to put his pint glass in a bin, asking: “What are ye, glass collectors now?”

Conor McCarthy, aged 27, of Annakisha South, Doneraile, Co Cork, denied charges of being drunk and a danger, engaging in disorderly conduct, obstructing Garda Tony Gallwey, and failing to leave the scene at Fenn’s Quay when directed on November 6, 2014.

Mr McCarthy claimed he had been bowling with friends in The Mardyke Bar. He denied being drunk, obstructive or in any way aggressive. He said he did make the comment about gardaí being glass collectors but had not meant any offence.