Drunk Cork man tried to bite gardaí and threw frightened dog at officers

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A drunken man tried to bite two members of An Garda Síochána at lunchtime in Cork city, “snapped his teeth like a rabid dog” during the violent incident, and even threw a frightened Jack Russell terrier at one of the officers.

Darren Foley, 46, whose address was given as being a mobile home at Ballinspittle, County Cork, did not turn up at Cork District Court for the case against him, where he was represented in his absence by Michael Quinlan, solicitor.