Community service for UCD dropout with €20,000 ecstasy

A south city UCD dropout who was found transporting over €20,000 worth of "ecstasy" tablets in a borrowed car "as a favour" is to be assessed for community service in lieu of three years imprisonment.

Claire Hanrahan (aged 21), of Terenure Road East pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of "ecstasy" for sale or supply at Winetavern Street and at Comeragh Road, Drimnagh on December 14, 2005.