Five-year sentence for man who burned down pub 'for a laugh'

A man who caused almost €4m of damage when he burned down a pub "for a laugh" while drunk has been given a five-year suspended sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gaven Kinsella (aged 21), of Templeview Way, Clare Hall, Baldoyle, a former lounge boy at Graingers pub and B&B in Baldoyle, pleaded guilty to recklessly damaging it by fire on January 10, 2002.