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Father-of-five who called gardai "useless pricks" gets suspended sentence

Summary

In a Swords District Court hearing on 6 October 2014, Austin O'Reilly, aged 48, pleaded guilty to being intoxicated and using threatening and abusive behaviour at Jugback Green on 14 June. He was found to have called a neighbour a 'f**king rat', shouted at the Gardaí 'f**k off, you useless p**cks', and head‑butted the Garda car's cage after his arrest. O'Reilly, who has 20 prior convictions, was also fined €200 for intoxication. Judge Dermot Dempsey, noting O'Reilly's lack of a proper apology to Garda Keith Delaney, imposed a two‑month custodial sentence, suspended for one year, for the threatening and abusive conduct. The judge declined to order community service, instead suspending the custodial term while retaining the fine for intoxication.".

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Father-of-five who called gardai "useless pricks" gets suspended sentence. Charges or matters: being intoxicated and using threatening and abusive behaviour at Jugback Green on June 14th. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• June 14th Incident
• 2014-10-06 Publication

Why: Judge Dermot Dempsey noted that O'Reilly did not make a proper apology to Gda Delaney to which Ms D'Arcy explained that O'Reilly got frustrated as he thought the incident happened on two separate occasions. CNI source report

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Read the original CNI report