Aggressive drunk threatened Mercy Hospital staff and patients

Judge: 'It is very unfair for this man to be causing trouble in a hospital where staff are trying to help people like him'

The judge pointed out that staff were trying to help people like the accused.

Doctors, nurses, and patients at Mercy University Hospital’s accident and emergency unit had to contend with a drunken man who was aggressive and threatening.

Gardaí attended at the hospital on the evening of April 24 to find Peter Matthews causing the disturbance.