'That must be a record': Cork judge jails man with 546 convictions

Man admits to being drunk and a danger and engaging in threatening behaviour during a recent incident in Cork city

Richard O’Brien, 53, of 14 Ardshanavooley, Killarney, County Kerry, pleaded guilty to two more public order charges at Cork District Court.

A judge commented that a man’s previous convictions totalling more than 500 may well be a record but his defence solicitor said it stemmed from a car crash 27 years ago when six members of his family were killed.

Richard O’Brien, 53, of 14 Ardshanavooley, Killarney, County Kerry, pleaded guilty to two more public order charges at Cork District Court.