Charged with offense of public intoxication

of course you can be offered an adult caution, if you haven't already been arrested for something in the past that is .

thats sort of what its for

Are you a member of the GAA?

you can ask for adult caution - if you've never got one before - it would be up to the guard and their superiors to see if you can avail of one

The Citizens Information Site has a useful list and its worth noting the following

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/law_enforcement/adult_cautioning_scheme.html

In deciding whether or not to issue a caution, the Gardaí must consider:

• Your alleged behaviour
• The surrounding circumstances
• Evidence of your guilt
• Your understanding of what a caution is and its significance
• The public interest
• The views of the victim

If you are going to

If the OP has been charged it's too late for an Adult Caution.

I wouldn't claim for the following to be good legal advice, or any sort of legal advice for that matter, but I read on Facebook that if you go into the court and remind the judge that you are the master and he is the servant and that you don't recognise any authority that he purports to have, that you as a free being will be allowed to leave without a mark on your record.

It must be true

I think I would rather go to prison than be forced to read Persuasion again.

Was the guard saying that the suspect called them "fat Gardai scum" or was the Guard saying that he called "us fat Gardai" , "scum".

Newb question, presumably a lot of people are intoxicated in public on any given Saturday or Friday, how do you end up getting charged for it?

probably by being abolutly wankered drunk, and either pissing or puking on the Garda's shoes

OP should just go to court and cry foul of the "hard life", "absent/Alcoholic/Drug addict parents", enroll in a FAS course and no doubt the judge will just let you off with a fine