‘Texts were related to drug dealing’

A judge said one would want to be “blind, deaf, and dumb” not to conclude that texts to and from a man in Dunmanway, Co Cork, were evidence of drug dealing.

John Coone, who was living at a house at Chapel St, Dunmanway, on November 29, 2012, denied yesterday he was guilty of having cannabis for sale or supply.

One of three tick-lists with names of known drug users and financial amounts after their names was found in a Mother’s Day card in the house.