Man with knife told gardaí he was Garth Brooks

A man who consumed alcohol against medical advice told gardaí arresting him for possession of a knife that he was Garth Brooks and was “into line dancing,” a court has heard.

Jason Fay (40), who was on medication following a “psychotic episode” five years earlier, had been spotted acting erratically near Main Street in Tallaght , Dublin with a wooden spoon in one hand.