Rig worker ‘lost the plot’ in hospital violence

The contents of a fire extinguisher was sprayed at three security men during a scene of violence and mayhem at Cork University Hospital.

Cork District Court heard Liam McGowan smashed a glass panel in a door and set off a fire extinguisher, which he then sprayed into the faces of three security officers who were trying to restore order and protect patients.

A contributing factor for McGowan “losing the plot” on the night was alleged to have been the fact that he had been submerged upside down in water earlier that day as part of a training exercise for working on an oil rig.