Boxer guilty of possessing €8k cigarettes

One of the best boxers ever produced in Ireland was in custody yesterday for having €8,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco for sale at his home without payment of excise duty.

Kieran Joyce, aged 52, pleaded guilty to having the cigarettes and tobacco at his home at Ardán na Mara, Youghal, Co Cork, on February 25, 2015.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said the biggest factor weighing on his mind was the fact that Joyce had previous convictions for the same offence.