Drinking from paper cup filled from stolen Beamish keg ends in jail time

Accused pleaded guilty to handling stolen property

The accused was drunk and a danger to himself, the court was told.

Drinking stout from a paper cup filled from a stolen Beamish keg in a park resulted in a 42-year-old Cork man being sentenced to six months in prison.

Ian O’Sullivan, previously of Cherry Lawn, Church Road, Blackrock, Cork, pleaded guilty to handling stolen property on November 3, 2023.