Bogus charity collector sentenced to four months over 'reprehensible' actions in Cork 

Gardaí in Kinsale observed a man collecting for charity outside a Spar shop in the town. The man later admitted, at the garda station, that he was collecting without a permit, under a false name. 

A bogus charity collector is facing four months in prison after he was caught with a bucket and t-shirt outside a supermarket, supposedly fundraising for the homeless.

John McDonagh, of Mill St, Birr in Co Offaly, pleaded guilty to the offence at Spar in Kinsale on June 16 last, with Bandon District Court told that the 47-year-old was spotted outside the store with a bucket and a t-shirt emblazoned with the words 'Please support the homeless of Cork'.