Judge jails addict for a year over €7,000 arson at Cork housing development

Detective Garda Brian Murphy said that Edward Keenan had been known to gardaí for the past 20 years and he has addiction problems

40-year-old Edward Keenan was sentenced in Cork Circuit Criminal Court to two years in prison with the last year suspended. File picture: Dan Linehan

€7,000 arson damage was caused to a housing development in Blackpool by a drunken man who climbed into the site and caused the fire.

Now the culprit has been jailed for a year after he pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage by arson at a building under construction in the Blackpool area.