'I might as well while I’m here,' said Cork man when asked if he admitted new charges

James Conway was sentenced to a total of one month in prison which will run concurrently with the five months he was serving already

James Conway was found highly intoxicated outside Son of a Bun on MacCurtain Street on July 11 at 2.45pm where he was causing hassle to passers-by, the court heard. File picture: Dan Linehan

A prisoner appearing in court by video link from prison on new public order charges was asked if he was pleading guilty and he replied — to laughter in court — “I might as well while I’m here.” 

50-year-old James Conway of Old Farmhouse, Carrignafoy, Cobh, County Cork, was sentenced to a total of one month in prison which will run concurrently with the five months he was serving already.