DPP seeks to activate suspended drugs sentence given to Limerick drug dealer

The Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking to activate a suspended prison sentence which was given to a Limerick drug dealer last year after a letter from Fianna Fáil Justice spokesman, Niall Collins was handed into the court during a plea for mitigation.

A widowed father of four, Hugo Porter, of St Patrick’s Villas, Castleconnell, Co Limerick, appeared before Limerick Circuit Court on Wednesday where an application to activate the suspended jail term was adjourned until yesterday, to allow him time to arrange childcare for his children.

When the case was called yesterday, counsel Michael Collins said he had received a letter from University Hospital Limerick stating Porter had been brought there with a cardiac stress complaint and was admitted. He asked for an adjournment to Tuesday next which was granted by Judge John Hannan.