Garda station attack suspect arrested for being drunk in court

One of three people facing charges of alleged criminal damage to a Garda station was arrested in court for intoxication. He later said he had drunk a bottle of whiskey and taken anti-depressants.

Timothy McCarthy, with an address at Cousane Gap, Dunmanway, had been due in court, alongside his co-accused, Thomas Douglas, also of Cousane Gap, in relation to the incident at Dunmanway Garda Station in the early hours of December 17 last.

It is alleged the Garda station was attacked at 3.51am by two people wearing balaclavas and armed with a metal bar.