'Nuisance but not a menace' back in court for public drunkenness
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
A man who has more than 60 convictions, mainly for being drunk and being a danger to himself around the city, was given bail at the District Court on Monday on condition he remain in an intoxicant-free state.
At a previous hearing the defendant’s solicitor described him as “a nuisance but not a menace”.
The defendant, Philip Kalwile, in the care of the Simon Community, was arrested before the court sitting. He told the arresting Garda, “I was intoxicated and I plead guilty” when two charges of being drunk in public were read to him.
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