Man fined for threatening to stab garda in the throat at Cork's main bus station

At the time he committed the offence, the defendant was obliged to keep the peace as a condition of a suspended sentence for drug offences, so the matter will be re-entered to court

An intoxicated man had been reported as bothering passengers at the bus station on Parnell Place and refusing to leave. Picture: Larry Cummins

A member of An Garda Síochána was threatened that he would be stabbed in the throat by a drunken man at the height of an incident at the main bus station in Cork.

Now at Cork District Court he has been given a €300 fine by Judge David Waters for the threatening behaviour, at Cork District Court.