A Dublin man is to be sentenced in May for harassing RTÉ newscaster Sharon Ní Bheoláin.

Conor O'Hora, 40, of Heather Walk, Portmarnock, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to harassing, without lawful authority or excuse, Ms Ní Bheoláin on dates between 27 March 2013 and 7 January 2014.

Defence barrister Pieter Le Vert told Judge Martin Nolan that his client was entering the plea on the basis of recklessness.

O'Hora also pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing, on a hard drive, child pornography at Heather Walk, Portmarnock on 18 February 2014.

Mr Le Vert said his client had been under therapeutic care for four years and asked for time for a report to be put together prior to sentencing.

Judge Nolan set a sentence date of 16 May 2018 when full facts of the offending will be heard.