Judge instructs former councillor to get a medical cert or wear a mask

Ó Cadhla told: 'You will be in custody if you interrupt my court'

Diarmaid Ó Cadhla at Cork Court.

A 60–year-old man accused of a health breach in Cork city centre under emergency legislation related to the Coronavirus pandemic appeared before Cork District Court wearing no mask.

Sergeant John Kelleher said defendants before the court were required to wear a mask and he asked former Cork county councillor Diarmaid  Ó Cadhla, of Upper Beaumont Drive, Ballintemple, Cork, to do so.