One-legged cocaine dealer from Clare ‘at huge risk’ of reoffending

A one-legged cancer surviving cocaine dealer is one of the bigger drug dealers in the south Clare area and is at “huge risk” of reoffending.

Det Sgt Kevin O’Hagan told a court yesterday he based his opinion of Diarmuid Devanney, 26, “on his cohorts, the way he conducts himself and his involvement in the drugs world”.

Involved in directing criminal investigations in the Shannon-Sixmilebrige and Newmarket areas of Clare for the past five years, the detective told Judge Gerald Keys: “I know Mr Devanny. I have been involved in numerous investigations where he has been involved and I think there is a huge risk in him re-offending.”