Man fined €250 for drinking in A&E unit

Staff at the A&E units of hospitals have enough to deal with every day without having to contend with a man who was drinking alcohol at the unit and causing trouble.

After hearing this evidence at Cork District Court yesterday, Judge Olann Kelleher said: “You could not do much worse than that. Just talk to staff about what they have to put up with every day of the week.

“And this man admits he was drinking inside an A&E.