Romanian embassy refuses to pay for defendant's flight home to get medical care, Cork court told

Claudiu Mos is accused of engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour likely to lead to a breach of the peace in Ballinlough

Judge Dorgan adjourned the case for mention at Cork District Court on February 20 with liberty to the State or the defence to have the matter re-entered before that date. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Romanian national with psychiatric difficulties was taken from Wheatfield Prison to the Romanian embassy in Dublin to be flown back to his home country for medical care, but it emerged on Friday that “they are not satisfied to pay for the airline ticket and be responsible for his transport to Romania.” 

Judge Mary Dorgan said the matter needed to be referred now to the Director of Public Prosecutions: “The State are going to have to look at the breach of the order. The situation needs to be outlined to the DPP.”