Killer jailed for sale of heroin

The man convicted of raping and killing beautician Rachel Kiely in Ballincollig in 2000 was sentenced to 21 months yesterday for heroin dealing in Macroom.

Ian Horgan, aged 34, pleaded guilty to having heroin at his family’s home at The Hermitage in Macroom when he was visiting it on March 31, 2017.

Judge Gerard O’Brien sentenced him to two years and three months with the last six months of that sentence suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.