Cork man who stole children's charity collection box jailed

Man says he was 'on a bit of a rampage at the time' 

The man was given a jail sentence of three months.

The theft of a children’s charity collection box from the counter of a hotel bar was described by a sentencing judge as “not nice” as she jailed the culprit for three months.

Mark Foley, aged 33, of Cork Simon Community, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a charge of stealing the collection box.