Jail for Cork man arrested twice in one day

Judge James McNulty heard that at John O'Driscoll was at Dan Corkery Place and was observed to be "staggering around" by gardaí who arrived at the scene. File image. 

A man arrested for drunkenly trying to enter his mother's house later headbutted an officer in a Garda station, was released, and was later arrested again for public order offences.

Bantry District Court was told that following the incident at Bantry Garda Station, John O'Driscoll had stopped a taxi that was taking him back to Macroom, Co Cork, to buy more alcohol, which he then consumed before coming to Garda attention again, leading to his second arrest of the day.