Ex-councillor made ‘vile personal abuse’ calls

A former Dublin City Councillor who made 40 threatening phone calls of “vile personal abuse” to a man has paid €300 to charity yesterday in Tallaght Court.

Killian Forde has until the end of January to come up with the remaining €400 of the €700 penalty.

Forde made the phone calls to Paddy Banks who was a member of the board of The Integration Centre at the time. The court heard that Forde told Mr Banks that he “would be got” and “would be a dish best served cold”.