Cork man who lost business during pandemic threw cafe table into river

Patrick O’Driscoll of 29 Comeragh Park, The Glen, Cork, pleaded guilty to charges of causing criminal damage to property belonging to Fly Coffee at the Boardwalk, Lapps Quay, Cork.

 Restrictions caused by the Covid pandemic resulted in a Cork man’s business collapsing and him getting into all sorts of trouble since then and now he has been given a five-month jail term for smashing up a café table at the boardwalk in Cork and throwing it into the River Lee.

Patrick O’Driscoll of 29 Comeragh Park, The Glen, Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to charges of causing criminal damage to the café property — namely a table costing €200. He also admitted being drunk and a source of danger and engaging in threatening behaviour on the occasion.