'Funky Leprechaun' tells Cork court he would go to jail rather than comply with busking bylaw

One of two Leprechauns who perform outside Brown Thomas on St Patrick's Street appeared before Cork District Court

'I am not going to be dictated to': Street performer Gerry Barry playing the spoons on St Patrick's Street in Cork. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

Two ‘leprechauns’ have appeared before Cork District Court and been given four months to comply with the city's new busking bylaws.

Street performer Gerry Barry said while he and his nephew, Damian Barry, who perform on St Patrick's Street as the ‘funky leprechauns’, will comply with the court order to get a street performing licence, they still oppose the 2024 regulations, parts of which he said make it almost impossible for acts like theirs.