One of the biggest problems Paul has is, the never ending queue, of people willing to buy him drinks despite his problems. It's nothing malicious just misguided gratitude. Combine this with Paul's genial and inoffensive (when not drinking) character and it's an accident waiting to happen. Just my opinion.
How much of him getting arrested had to do with being loud and annoying and how much of it had to do with him being Paul McGrath?Probably seen as a bit of a big shot in Offaly and a big scalp for the local plod to get their 15 mins of fame: I nicked Paul McGrath for being pissed once- they can tell anyone who cares, or maybe doesn't .
Paul McGrath's biggest problem is, that despite publicly speaking about his drinking problems, he never seems to care too much about stopping drinking.
He's going to have slips like this from time to time and it's always sad to hear about. It must be a horrible thing to go through.