"I’ve been paying to him for nearly the past year.”

The defendant was remanded on bail

He had been convicted at a previous sitting of the case to exposing his genitals intending to cause fear, distress or alarm to another person

“It’s not his field,” said the 61-year-old. “It’s my field.”

Judge Cody said: “It wasn’t his lucky day, so.”

During stages of the case, the woman accused gardaí of tricking her into coming to court,

‘He felt the traffic in Portlaoise needed directing’