Two men who drank a cocktail of Red Bull and spirits before setting fire to a vacant house and ransacking the home of an elderly woman next door were each given suspended five-year sentences at Galway Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.
John Conneely (19), Castle Park, Galway, and his neighbour, Darren Casey (23) were charged with setting fire to a house at Sea Road, Galway, and with entering the house next door with intent to steal.