Gardaí considering charges against sea rescue hoaxer

Gardaí are reportedly considering whether to bring charges against a man who played an expensive hoax on the rescue services in Co Dublin over the weekend.

A coast guard helicopter, a garda helicopter and the Dun Laoghaire lifeboat searched the sea for more than four hours on Saturday morning after a 999 call claiming a man had fallen into the water at the Forty Foot bathing area.