Judge: 'Daft' that gardaí spent €280 to mop up prisoner's urine

A judge has described as "daft" gardaí paying specialist cleaners €280 to clean up a mess caused by a man in custody when he urinated on a cell door and floor at Ennis Garda Station.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan said that “a mop and bucket” would have done the job of cleaning up the mess caused by Patrick Maughan (aged 37) of Westbrook House, Gort Rd, Ennis on September 19 last