Man jailed for abusing Cork gardaí claims he had to Google phrase 'Free State b*****ds'

Garda Colin Dowling said Nigel Garvey "shouted at us that we had no f***ing power and we did not have legislative authority to carry out a search". File picture

A man accused of calling gardaí Free State bastards said he had never heard that expression in his life and when charged he had to Google it.

When Nigel Garvey, who is in his 30s and lives at an apartment at 107 Douglas Street, Cork, said he had never heard the expression, Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin asked him where he was from. Garvey replied, Dundalk.