Accused blames drunken behaviour on free bar

A young man who got into a drunken disturbance blamed his behaviour on the fact that he was not used to the kind of night out where there was a free bar.

Judge John Coughlan remarked at Cork District Court: “It could happen to a bishop — or even a judge.”

Judge Coughlan made the quip in the course of the case against Anthony Dowling of 37 Plunkett Rad, Ballyphehane, Togher, Cork.