Top 10 And finallys of 2018
Irish Legal News’ extremely popular ‘And finally…’ slot enjoyed another year of bizarre and funny stories. Listed below are the 10 our readers enjoyed most.
A solicitor who sent a foul-mouthed rant to the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been banned from the profession.
A man filed for divorce because his wife thought Cristiano Ronaldo was a better footballer than Lionel Messi.
And finally… red tape
A judge ordered that a defendant’s mouth be duct-taped after he interrupted court proceedings a dozen times.
A restaurant owner has been fined around £190 for putting up a sarcastic window sign asking people not to let their dogs pee on an outdoor flower pot.
A tourist was charged and fined after she brought an unexploded World War Two shell to Vienna airport.
A university has begun offering a course on the law and judicial system of Harry Potter.
And finally… trials and tribulations
A group of people who thought they had survived the Great Tribulation, a period of suffering that Evangelical Christians believe precedes the Second Coming, and who kidnapped their neighbours in order to protect them from demons, were found naked in an SUV they had crashed into a ditch as they attempted to flee the end of the world.
A man who allegedly ran out on dinner dates with women, leaving them to pay the full bill, is facing up to 13 years in prison.
Three passengers have been arrested in two airports in just two days on suspicion of smuggling 20 gold biscuits in their rectums.
A couple have been summoned to appear in court after naming their 14-month old baby “Benito Mussolini”.