West Cork grandmother put on daytime curfew for failing to wear mask in coffee shop

Margaret Buttimer, 66, was on bail when she visited Jakes restaurant in Bandon on Wednesday morning, just two days after Bandon District Court had deferred penalty following a similar recent incident

On Monday, Margaret Buttimer, 66, of The Cottage, St Fintan's Road, Bandon, Co Cork, appeared in court in connection with failing to wear a mask in SuperValu Shopping Centre in the town on October 21 last. File picture: Larry Cummins

A pensioner has been placed on what is effectively a daytime curfew after she was arrested for not wearing a mask in a coffee shop just two days after appearing before a court for a similar offence.

Margaret Buttimer was on bail when she visited Jakes restaurant in Bandon on Wednesday morning, just two days after Bandon District Court had deferred penalty following a similar recent incident.