Man who 'destroyed floor' of Clare cathedral by defecating on it gets six months in prison

The Ennis man also urinated in a jail cell at Ennis Garda Station

The incident happened at the St Peter and Paul Cathedral on Ennis’s O’Connell Street last November. File picture: Dan Linehan

A judge has jailed a 42-year-old Ennis man for six months arising from an incident where he "destroyed the floor" of a Catholic cathedral building in Ennis by defecating on it.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed the six-month prison term on Richard McDermott of no fixed abode after he pleaded guilty to the criminal damage of the St Peter and Paul Cathedral on Ennis’s O’Connell Street on November 12, 2025.