'Moment of madness': Man gets suspended sentence for making bogus call about gangland shooting
A drug addict who made a bogus emergency call about a gangland member being shot in a Dublin pub has been given a suspended sentence.
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A drug addict who made a bogus emergency call about a gangland member being shot in a Dublin pub has been given a suspended sentence.
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