Man avoids jail for setting off smoke bomb in Cork nightclub

A young man out paintballing with friends has no blot on his record despite setting off a smoke grenade in a nightclub in Cork.

Chris Conroy of 46 Mervue Lawn, Ballyvolane, Cork, pleaded guilty to charges including a count contrary to the Explosives Act arising out of the incident at the Secret Garden and got fines and community service at Cork District Court.