Top video pirate receives suspended sentence

A man described as one of the top three pirate video distributors in the country has been given an 18-month suspended sentence by Judge Joseph Mathews at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

David McGoldrick, aged 35, from Dunmore Lawns, Kingswood, Tallaght was told by Judge Mathews that "the message must go out loud and clear that video piracy is a crime".