Kerry fireman spared jail for starting fire he was paid to put out

David Ahern, aged 37, a member of the Killorglin Fire Service, denied that he had committed arson in an area of bogland off the main Ring of Kerry road, on April 13, 2020. Picture: Alan Landers/file

A Kerry fireman has received a seven-month suspended jail sentence for starting a fire on State-owned land that he was paid to put out.

David Ahern, aged 37, a member of the Killorglin Fire Service, had contested the charge of criminal damage by arson in an area of bogland off the main Ring of Kerry road, on April 13, 2020.