I have conveniently highlighted the funniest parts of this story for those of you who are “short-bus” slow.Galway, Ireland; Man arrested in hotel, donkey mishap.
Thomas Aloysius McCarney was recently found dressed in latex and handcuffs along side his donkey in a Galway city centre hotel, because he was advised “to get out and meet people,” the local court heard last week.
Mr. McCarney was charged with cruelty to animals, lewd and obscene behavior, and being a danger to himself when he appeared before the court on Friday. He was also charged with damage to a mini-bar in the room, but this charge was later dropped when the defendant said that it was the donkey who caused that damage.
The lawyer for the accused Ms. Sharon Fitzhenry said that her client had been through a difficult time lately and that his wife had left him and that his life had become increasingly lonely. “Mr. McCarney has been attending counseling at which he advised that he should get out and meet people and do interesting things. It was this advice that saw him book into the city centre hotel with a donkey,” she said. She added that Mr. McCarney also suffered from a fixation with the Shrek movies and could constantly be heard at work talking to himself saying things like “Isn’t that right, Donkey?”
Hotel supervisor John McBrearty told the court that Mr. McCarney who had signed in as “ Mr. Shrek” had told hotel staff that the donkey was a family pet and that this was believed by the hotel receptionist who the hotel supervisor said was “young and did not speak great English. The receptionist Irina Legova said that Mr. McCarney had told her that the donkey was a breed of “super rabbit” which he was bringing to a pet fair in the city. The court was told that the donkey went berserk in the middle of the night and ran amok in the hotel corridor, forcing hotel staff to call the police.
McCarney was found in the room wearing a latex suit and handcuffs, the key to which the donkey is believed to have swallowed. He was removed to the St. Mill police station after which it is said he was the subject of much mirth among the lads next door in The Galway Arms.
He was fined €2,000 for bringing the donkey to the room under the Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act 1837. Other charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
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“Isn’t that right, Donkey?”
