'Ballymun baby' caller remanded until March

A woman who falsely claimed that a newborn baby was concealed in a Ballymun flat has been remanded on continuing bail for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on March 15, 2005.

Ann Lynch (aged 36) married, with addresses at Fortlawn Avenue and Whitestown Avenue, Blanchardstown, Dublin, pleaded guilty to making a false report on October 28, 2003, giving rise to apprehension about the safety of persons or property.

Teams of gardaí searched a total of 3,000 dwellings in the Ballymun area for three days at an estimated total cost of €75,000 as a result of her false mobile phone call report.