Suspended sentence for 'Love Ulster' riot offence

A man who attempted to block a fire engine during the 2006 "Love Ulster" riot has escaped with a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Shane Day (aged 20) of St Columbanis Place, Milltown threw rocks and glass bottles at riot police and tied a rope around a fence in an attempt to stop a fire engine getting through. He pleaded guilty to violent disorder during the riots on 4 February 2006.