Clare man admits trashing Cork hotel bedroom and stealing bottles of spirits

Accused broke a Philips TV worth €900 and an armchair worth €750 and two wall-mounted lights worth €250 each in Glanmire hotel, court heard

Judge jailed man for eight months for causing criminal damage and a three-month concurrent sentence for stealing the alcohol. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Clare man who admitted his part in trashing a hotel bedroom in Cork during a drunken night was jailed for eight months.

33-year-old Cathal McNamara, of Larch Hill, Ennis, Co Clare, was in Cork in the course of his work on a tarmacking contract when he got involved in this hotel room disturbance.