Corkman who drank 7 whiskeys in 45 minutes had cocaine in his jacket

Court imposes fine and prison sentence on Clonakilty man found guilty of being intoxicated and possessing cocaine

The duty manager at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry, Co Cork, told the court he had found Robert O'Donoghue  'curled up on the couch' in the hotel bar. Picture: Dan Linehan

A man who drank seven whiskeys in 45 minutes, with gardaí later finding cocaine in his jacket, has received a jail sentence of 90 days in prison.

Robert O'Donoghue of 2, Assumption Place in Clonakilty in Co Cork had argued through his barrister that the Maritime Hotel in Bantry had breached the licensing laws by serving him the whiskeys, that he had denied ownership of the jacket, and that hotel management, by at one point preventing him from returning to his room, had falsely imprisoned him.