Man gets 11 months for possession of ecstasy outside club

A YOUNG Dublin man has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for the possession of a quantity of ecstasy tablets outside a Dublin nightclub.

Daryl Farrelly, aged 22, of Whitestown Gardens, Blanchardstown, was yesterday convicted for the offence after he pleaded guilty to the charge of the illegal possession of drugs when he appeared before Dublin District Court.

Garda Paul McManus gave evidence of stopping and searching Farrelly under section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act outside Heaven nightclub at the Westend Retail Park in Blanchardstown on February 26 last.