Four people arrested for public order offences in Birr

A number of people were recently arrested in Birr Town for being drunk in public.

On Monday February 27th two women were arrested.

“At 4pm,” said a Garda spokesperson, “a woman was arrested on Main Street because she was in an intoxicated state and was being verbally abusive. When she was being arrested she was verbally abusive towards the Guards.

“Later in the day, at nine in the evening, another woman was arrested because she was acting in an intoxicated fashion in the grounds of a hotel in the town. She was issued a Fixed Charge Penalty Notice by a Garda.

“On Thursday March 2, a young man was intoxicated on Main Street at five in the morning. He was acting in a threatening manner and when asked by a Garda to leave the scene he failed to do so. Therefore, he was arrested.

“On Saturday, February 25 at 3.40pm in Townparks, Birr a man in his mid 30s was acting in an intoxicated and threatening manner, and was also arrested.”