Boxer’s guilty plea over illegal tobacco

One of the biggest figures in Irish boxing signed a plea of guilty yesterday to a charge of having unstamped tobacco products for sale or delivery in Cork.

Kieran Joyce, aged 54, appeared at Cork District Court yesterday facing a charge of having the cigarettes in a vehicle at Onslow Gardens, Commons Road, Cork, on September 10 last year.

Inspector Adrian Gamble said the DPP had directed trial by indictment on the charge.