Watch: Cork grandmother 'only answerable to God' avoids jail for refusing to wear mask

Afterwards Margaret Buttimer thanked her supporters. 'I really appreciate you being here,' she said.

Margaret Buttimer leaving Court in Bandon today. Photo: Denis Boyle

A grandmother has received a three-weeks suspended sentence over her refusal to wear a face mask in a supermarket and has also been fined for verbally abusing the store manager.

Margaret Buttimer, 66, had already been found guilty of not wearing a face mask at Dunnes Stores in Clonakilty on February 12 last. She had also apologised for calling the store manager an “asshole” during the incident.