Woman hoping to get addiction treatment after trying to start fights on Cork City street, court told

The court heard the woman was carrying an empty wine bottle when she engaged in threatening and abusive behaviour

A garda told the court: 'Gardaí encountered a woman on Oliver Plunkett Street screaming aloud. Members of the public stated that the woman was trying to start fights with random people.' File picture: David Creedon

A 44-year-old woman carrying an empty wine bottle in Cork city centre was trying to start fights with people passing on the street and she became abusive to gardaí who responded to reports of her behaviour.

Mandy Cotter of no fixed address appeared at Cork District Court where she pleaded guilty to charges of being so intoxicated that she was a danger to herself or others and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour.