Holiday for robber would be 'disastrous', says judge

A robber will not be going home for Christmas this year because his release from jail would "be a disaster for himself and everyone else" according to Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Thomas McDonagh (aged 31), of Rathmenten Close, Jobstown, Tallaght, who has 46 previous convictions, mainly for theft related offences, pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of €400 of Ly La Zhing in College Street, Dublin on August 5 2007.