Man jailed for possession of €850,000 worth of cannabis

A Co Clare man has today been given a 10-year sentence for having cannabis resin valued €815,000 on the M50 last year, which was destined for the Limerick criminal drugs market.

Ernest Murphy (aged 39) of Inis Ealga, Shannon was caught with two bales containing 460 ‘nine-ounce bars’ of the drug in the boot of his car on the M50 at Ballymun.