Cork woman facing jail after demanding room at hotel housing Ukrainian refugees

Margaret Buttimer at a previous hearing at Bandon District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

A grandmother previously jailed for refusing to wear a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic is back in prison after committing public order offences when she repeatedly demanded a room at a hotel currently accommodating Ukrainian refugees.

Margaret Buttimer, 68 and currently of no fixed abode, told Bandon District Court it was “a disgrace” that she could not be given a room at the Munster Arms Hotel in Bandon, while refusing to give the judge an undertaking she would refrain from returning there.