A group of night-time volunteers helping homeless people on the streets of Cork had to contend with a man who became abusive towards them for no reason, a court has heard. Sergeant John Kelleher said the incident that gave rise to this threatening charge occurred at 10.30pm on October 25 on St Patrick Street, Cork. “He was drunk and causing serious nuisance to volunteers helping the homeless. There was another more recent incident where he was drunk and a danger at Oscar’s hostel on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork, on December 5. O’Driscoll, 36, had 143 previous convictions including 52 counts of being drunk and a danger and 21 of engaging in threatening behaviour.

Source: Irish Examiner December 11, 2019 18:33 UTC