Penny Dinners staff abused by drunken client

Staff at Cork Penny Dinners were verbally abused by a drunken man who fell asleep after they had given him a three-course meal.

John O’Brien, aged 44, from Kells, Co Meath, who has been living in hostels in Cork for years, was jailed for two months for his actions during that and other recent incidents of a similar nature around Cork City.

Inspector Vincent O’Sullivan told Cork District Court yesterday O’Brien went to Cork Penny Dinners at lunchtime on June 23.