Eoghan Michael Loughran banned from Airlie Beach Irish bar Paddy’s Shenanigans
An Irishman on a working holiday now banned from Irish bar Paddy’s Shenanigans has been told his drunken antics are not welcome in Airlie Beach’s party district.
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A working holiday maker who partied too hard on his birthday weekend has been banned from an Irish pub and told to take his “stupid Irishness” elsewhere.
Eoghan Michael Loughran attempted to fight multiple Airlie Beach pub patrons while out celebrating his 27th birthday on Saturday, August 7, resulting in charges for public nuisance, fail to leave licensed premises, and obstruct police.
Proserpine Magistrates Court heard it was about 1.10am when the Irish-national became physically and verbally aggressive to fellow patrons of Paddy’s Shenanigans Irish Bar, with security called to remove him from the packed venue.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Emma Myors told the court Loughran refused to leave, despite repeated warnings, and security officers had to physically restrain him while they waited for police to arrive.
When taken into custody, Loughran refused to enter the attending police vehicle and an officer had to “physically pick him up and place him inside the vehicle”, Sgt Myors said.
Throughout his interactions with police, he exhibited “extreme mood swings”, one moment apologising for his behaviour, the next attempting to fight, Sgt Myors said.
Defence solicitor Elizabeth Smith told the court her client was a qualified carpenter who had been in Australia for two years on a working holiday visa, most recently living and working at Bowen.
Ms Smith said Loughran was on a four-day break from work when he “tied one on” to the point he could not remember the events leading up to his arrest.
He accepted the allegations and pleaded guilty to all charges, blaming a high level of intoxication.
Magistrate James Morton told Loughran he was “lucky someone didn’t give [him] a belting” that night and said he should have more “nous” about him at the age of 27.
“You young fellas, you get drunk and then you carry on when the grog kicks in and you don’t know when to stop, I mean you just don’t know when to stop,” Mr Morton said.
He sentenced Loughran to 50 hours of unpaid community service, fined him $450, and banned him from Paddy’s Bar for 12 months, telling him: “Take your stupid Irishness and head to another Irish place”.
“I don’t think there is one [an Irish venue] in Bowen, is there? If there is, I wouldn’t go to it,” Mr Morton said, then sent Loughran away with a “Top of the day to you”.
No convictions were recorded.
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