Man threw keg of beer through Cork book shop front window hours after release from prison

Judge advised Limerick man: 'When you cross and see a keg, ignore the keg, say "Goodnight keg", and go on your way'

Accused, who had only been released from prison hours earlier said: 'You come out of jail, it is hard to expect you to be a good citizen.' Picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger

A district court judge offered some advice to a Limerick man who threw a keg of beer through the front window of a shop in Cork.

Judge Colm Roberts said to 33-year-old Derek Lynch, of no fixed address: “When you cross and see a keg, ignore the keg, say ‘Goodnight keg’, and go on your way.”