Pranks gone wrong

"Stag party prank costs Killimor brickie £1,000
A block layer who swung out of a restaurant canopy following a night's drinking at a stag party, paid over £1000 for its repair at Galway District Court this week and was advised by Judge Mary Fahy to "walk on by" the next time he got the urge to swing from one.
Mark Headd (22), Corr, Killimor, Co Galway, pleaded guilty before Galway District Court last December to causing criminal damage to the awning at Trattoria restaurant, Quay Street, on August 15 last and to breaching the peace on the same occasion.

That court heard the accused had been very drunk when he swung out of the awning at 9.40pm on the date in question. He tried to get up on it to get a piece of his friend's clothing and became very abusive when a waitress, who had witnessed the entire episode, approached him and told him to get down.
Judge Mary Fahy convicted and fined the accused £200 for breaching the peace but adjourned the criminal damage charge to this week giving Headd a chance to pay the £1,000.
She applied the Probation Act on the remaining charge when the money was paid over in court and said to the accused, "Next time you see a canopy, just admire it and walk on by."