Heroin dealer was trying to make cash for Christmas

A Corkman travelled to Dublin to buy a stash of heroin to sell in Cork “to make a few pound for Christmas”.

Owen Murphy, aged 29, yesterday confessed to having heroin for sale or supply at an apartment in Cork.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said of Murphy: “He was selling it for profit. He went to Dublin and got the drugs to sell in Cork. He said he had done so previously but he is not before the court for that.”