A chronic alcoholic with 64 convictions has being given a suspended sentence after admitting calling in hoax bomb scares on his ex-girlfriend’s house.

A chronic alcoholic with 64 convictions has been given “one more chance” after he was caught calling in multiple hoax bomb scares on his ex-girlfriend’s house.

A 17-year-old boy, who lashed out at a garda with a wooden baton during a crimewave, has been given a 10-month sentence, by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.