Man fined for shouting profanities at gardai in Dundalk
Published 18th Oct 2024, 13:33 GMT
Judge told the man "You can't be shouting abuse at members of An Garda Síochána - they have a difficult enough job to do".
A man who shouted "profanities" at gardai while members of the public were present, after they left a post office, where they were conducting separate enquiries, was fined €200 at Dundalk District Court last week.
Thomas Toner (21) of Meadow View, Dundalk was prosecuted for being intoxicated in a public place and using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour on Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk on May 29th last.
The court heard he had five previous convictions, none of which were for public order matters.
The Defence described the charges before the court as 'nuisance offences"Judge Stephanie Coggans in imposing the fine said "You can't be shouting abuse at members of An Garda Síochána - they have a difficult enough job to do".