Woman who made 6,000 abusive calls to solicitor escapes jail

A woman who made over 6,000 abusive telephone calls during one month to a solicitor has been told she will go to jail if she ever contacts the man or his family again.

Antoinette Lynch (aged 58), of Clonmel Road, Ballymun, Dublin pleaded guilty to harassment of Darach Connolly by telephone at Connolly solicitor’s office between February 1, 2005 and July 19, 2008.