2015-03-23 · Tallaght, Dublin
Suspended sentence for man caught with pipe bomb in his tracksuit pants
A 35‑year‑old Dublin man, Francis Whelan of Cushlawn Park, Tallaght, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a pipe bomb found in his tracksuit pants on 13 October 2012 in the Killinarden Heights area. He claimed he was set up by an acquaintance that day and did not know the item was a pipe bomb, saying he carried it for…