Student burned cars "out of sheer stupidity"

A psychology graduate who set fire to two cars in a Tallaght car park "out of sheer stupidity" has been sentenced to 240 hours of work in the community by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Eamonn Gillen (aged 25), of Birchview Heights, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to setting the cars on fire at The Belgard Complex, in the early hours of the morning of March 31, 2002.