Judge: Leave country or serve eight years

A man from the Czech Republic has until Sunday to get out of Ireland or else he will have to serve eight years in prison.

Jan Fesar returned to Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday with a boarding pass for a flight to Prague on February 21. Judge Donagh McDonagh gave Jan Fesar that option instead of eight years in jail for a drugs crime in Cork.

Fesar was caught with three kilos of cannabis herb vacuum packed and sealed to look like packets of coffee in Cork.