Man jailed after telling garda 'I hope you and your family get cancer'

In a clear reference to the burial of cervical cancer victim and mother of five, Emma Mhic Mhathúna taking place on Wednesday, Judge Patrick Durcan said: “On today of all days.”

By Gordon Deegan

A judge in Ennis District Court today jailed for two months a 38-year-old Ennis man who told a Garda “I hope you and your family get cancer”.