Builder given jail term for abusing gardaí on side of Cork-Kerry road 

Macroom District Court heard Chris Wholey, of  Straffan, Co Kildare, had been intoxicated and asleep on the verge next to the N22 at Farnanes.

A builder who employs 60 people has been given a jail term after verbally abusing gardaí who found him sleeping on the grass verge beside the main Cork-Kerry road.

Chris Wholey, 47, pleaded guilty to two public order charges arising out of the incident last month, including that he called gardaí "pricks" and "wankers" and threatened them with their jobs.