Number of intoxicated people arrested in separate incidents in Offaly

A number of intoxicated people have been arrested in separate incidents in Offaly.

A young man was arrested by the Gardaí during the early hours of Sunday morning August 20.

At 2.30am, gardai saw the man walking in Riverstown, Birr in a highly intoxicated condition. They could see that he was a possible danger to himself and to others and they therefore arrested him under Section 4 of the Public Order Act.

In a separate incident, an intoxicated, middle-aged woman was arrested last week on Railway Road, Birr.

Just after midnight, in the early hours of Friday August 18th, the woman was acting in an intoxicated and threatening fashion on the road. She was therefore arrested under Sections 4 and 6 of the Public Order Act.

Last weekend, a middle-aged man was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place in Banagher.

At 2.45am on Monday August 21, a man was observed in an intoxicated condition on Middle Road, Banagher. A Garda spokesperson told the Tribune that when the man was spoken to by gardai he became aggressive towards them.

He was therefore arrested under Section 4 of the Public Order Act.