Man charged with defacing Covid-19 signs in a Cork school and supermarket 

Gardaí estimate the overall cost of the damage at €1,760, including €1,000 for the damage caused at Smith's SuperValu in Kinsale, where the words 'No Lockdown, Don't Comply' were written

Lionel Thomas, Elm Cottage, Goggins Hill, Ballinhassig, Co Cork, at Bandon District Court, Co Cork, on Thursday. Picture: Larry Cummins

A man has appeared in a West Cork court charged with five counts of criminal damage linked to defacing Covid-19 guidance signs at a number of properties, including a school and a supermarket.

Lionel Thomas of Elm Cottage, Goggin's Hill in Ballinhassig also faces trespass charges in relation to the incidents at Kinsale and Ballinspittle last October and November.