Drug dealing ice-cream man jailed

A heroin dealer who used to sell ice-cream to parents and their children from his ice-cream van was yesterday jailed for four years.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Gerald Keys said Paul Collopy, aged 41, of Gordon Drive, Ennis, Co Clare, represented “a serious threat” to society and its young people through his drug dealing.

Collopy pleaded guilty to possession of €26,796 worth of heroin with intent to supply on November 22 last at Ballycoree, Ennis.