'It's not Airbnb': Defendant asks to be remanded in Limerick prison instead of Cork

Man accused of breaking curfew five times as he asks for bail address to be moved to Pallasgreen so he could be with wife and children

Limerick Prison, where Thomas Connors asked to be remanded. He was refused. File picture: Dan Linehan

A judge told a defendant that the court was “not Airbnb” when he asked to be remanded in Limerick prison rather than in Cork.

Judge Patricia Harney had refused Thomas Connors’ application for bail after hearing evidence that he had “fairly egregious” breaches of his bail conditions.