Man who threatened gardaí claimed to be one

A man who threatened gardaí in Cork City gave his name as 147 and said he was a member of An Garda Síochána.

However, the man ended up lashing out at Garda Tim O’Sullivan, who had to draw his baton and use his pepper spray on the man.

Gda O’Sullivan ran from Oliver Plunkett St, Cork, in pursuit of Thomas Quinlan, aged 45, of the Cork Simon Community, to the boardwalk on Lapps Quay as he was concerned that the accused was running towards the river, having been pepper-sprayed.