State seeks to activate Limerick drug dealer’s suspended term

The State is seeking to activate a suspended prison sentence handed down to a Limerick drug dealer who was at the centre of a political storm last year after he was the subject of representation by Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Niall Collins.

Widowed Hugo Porter, of St Patrick Villas, Castleconnell, appeared before Limerick Circuit Court yesterday where an application to activate the suspended jail term was adjourned until tomorrow, to allow him time to arrange childcare for his four children.

The 41-year-old received a three-year suspended prison term at Limerick Circuit Court last year after he pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of cannabis worth almost €18,000 for sale or supply.