Dublin man get five years for death threat

A Swords man who threatened to kill a prisoner officer and his children after being refused a 'McDonald's' dinner has been sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Paul O’Shea (aged 20) with addresses at Owensilla and at Silloge Avenue, Ballymun had played hurling for the Dublin minor team when he was 15-years-old but that came to an end when he started taking tablets at 16.