Hammered woman didn't hammer TD

Hammered woman didn't hammer TD
Athlone Advertiser, March 27, 2009.
By Finian Coghlan

A woman who attempted to assault Deputy Mary O'Rourke with an inflatable hammer on the reviewing stand of the St Patrick's Day parade had her case adjourned until early next month, at the District Court this week (March 25).

“F**k Fianna Fail and f**k the recession,” she was alleged to have shouted at the TD in her abortive attempt at some sort of political protest in front of a host of the town's dignitaries at the platform on the town bridge last Tuesday week.

The woman, a local in her fifties, has been charged with one public order offence on foot of her alleged drunken behaviour.

She appeared briefly in the District Court on Wednesday to hear Judge Elizabeth McGrath adjourn the hearing of her case until April 8 after the defendant's solicitor Paul Connellan told the court a medical certificate had not yet been completed on his client.

“It was one of the funniest things I ever saw,” said one of the people sharing the platform.