Arrested for being drunk in Portlaoise

A man who was arrested for his own safety while drunk in Portlaoise was fined €100. 

Vincent Wade, 46, of 40 Beechlawn, Mountmellick Road, Portlaoise admitted being drunk on the Dublin Road in Portlaoise on March 3 last.

Sgt JJ Kirby said the defendant, who has 13 previous convictions, “had to be arrested for his own safety” on the date in question. 

Solicitor Josephine Fitzpatrick said her client was pleading guilty. 

“He appreciates that being drunk in a public place isn’t ideal, especially at his stage in life,” she remarked. 

Judge Andrew Cody fined the man €100 at a sitting of Portlaoise District Court.