Homeless man fined for pitching tent in carpark of UCC's School of Music

On arrest, charge and caution by Garda Aoife McCarthy, the young man said: “Do you go to mass?” 

Judge Kelleher was told that the accused had done very well in a lengthy period of rehabilitation, but fell back into homelessness that resulted in these charges being brought against him. File picture

A homeless man pitched his tent in the car park of UCC’s School of Music in Cork and ignored directions to leave the area.

The gardaí had to be called to get him to leave at lunchtime on November 30. By 11pm that night, the gardaí were called again when the same man was found at the table of a Chinese restaurant and again he was refusing to leave.