Former pupil sets fire to school dressed as The Joker
A former pupil of a Clondalkin secondary school, who dressed up as the Batman character The Joker and set fire to the building, causing more than €1m worth of damage, has been given 240 hours community service in lieu of a two-year jail sentence.
Christopher Clancy (aged 19) of Cherrywood Grove in Clondalkin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to arson at Coláiste Chillian on the Old Nangor Road on May 10, 2009.
