Cork man avoids jail sentence following drunken row with bus driver

The defendant called the gardaí because of a refusal by a bus driver to let him board a bus.

A young man arguing about a driver refusing to allow him on to a bus in Cork city centre almost four months ago continued the argument in court, saying “if I was blood sober the same driver wouldn’t let me on the bus”.

Sergeant Gearóid Davis said the drunken incident involving Craig O’Sullivan of 24 Curraheen Drive, Bishopstown, Cork, occurred at around 8pm on July 4, 2023. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of being intoxicated to such an extent that he was a danger to himself or others and engaging in threatening behaviour.