Two months for abusing A&E staff

A Mallow man shouting racial abuse at Polish security staff in the accident and emergency staff at a hospital was jailed for two months yesterday.

Inspector Adrian Gamble said accident and emergency units were having a terrible time at the moment with people causing drunken disturbances.

The inspector outlined the background to one such incident when John Campion, aged 29, of Sean Moylan Park, Mallow, Co Cork, caused a disturbance.