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Cork man who told gardaí he was 'Denis Irwin – famous soccer player' is sent to prison
A man named Daniel Spillane from Gurranabraher identified himself to gardaí as 'Denis Irwin – famous soccer player', during a drunken incident and now he has been jailed for three months.
Daniel Spillane of 18 St. Bridget's Road, Gurrabraher, Cork, came to the attention of gardaí because he was drunk and a source of danger to himself or others.
He went on to tell gardaí at Cattle Market Street, 'F*** off out of my sight.' And when they asked him for his details he presented himself as the former Irish international and Manchester United defender.
The incident dated back to November 10, 2019, when there was a disturbance at Cattle Market Street. Now at Cork District Court he has been jailed for a total of three months on the various public order charges.
He pleaded guilty to charges arising out of this including being threatening and abusive and failing to give gardaí his correct details.
Frank Buttimer, solicitor, said the 39-year-old had a history of addiction difficulties. In relation to the public order incident, Mr Buttimer said: 'It was a misjudgement of the situation by him.'
Much more recently, on April 20 this year he was drunk and a danger and was threatening and abusive at Princes Street, Cork.
The overall sentence imposed on him by Judge Mary Dorgan was one of four months in prison.
