Man (21) tells Gardai ‘you will all be getting a shiner’
A CLONDALKIN man repeatedly called gardai “piggies,” then threatened they would “all be getting a shiner” after he was arrested.
Daniel O’Flaherty asked the gardai if getting abuse was not “part of their job” during the incident.
Blanchardstown District Court
Judge David McHugh ordered him to come to Blanchardstown District Court to face his charges and adjourned the case.
O’Flaherty, aged 21, from Rowlagh Crescent, Clondalkin pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour, failing to give his details and violent behaviour in a garda station.
The accused was not present in court but his solicitor Simon Fleming said O’Flaherty was pleading guilty.
Sergeant Maria Callaghan said the incident happened at a checkpoint at Ballyowen Road, Lucan on February 3 this year.
O’Flaherty approached the checkpoint on foot with another male and called the gardai present “piggies, piggies, bastards” numerous times.
When the gardai approached him he ran off and when they caught up with him, O’Flaherty continued to be abusive, calling them pigs.
He also said in relation to the abuse: “is it not part of your job, should it not be water off a duck’s back?”
When asked for his details, he gave gardai a false name and address. He was arrested and taken to Ronanstown Garda Station, where he continued to be abusive and when his handcuffs were removed, he told the gardai: “you will all be getting a shiner.”
The accused had no previous convictions but had previously been given the benefit of the Probation Act, the court heard.
Judge McHugh said he had formed a “fair view” after hearing the evidence and he was requiring the accused’s attendance in court to finalise the case.
He adjourned the case to a date in April.
The judge also granted free legal aid after an application was made by Mr Fleming, who said O’Flaherty was not working.
