Drug dealer worked in anti-drugs youth group

A convicted drug dealer who worked in an organisation that tried to keep children in the area away from drugs has been sentenced to ten years in prison after he was caught with over €43,000 worth of cocaine.

Jason Rooney (aged 22) of Spring Garden Street, Dublin 3, was jailed for seven years last month in Trim Circuit Criminal Court, Co Meath, after he was caught with €500,000 worth of drugs. He had eight other previous convictions for road traffic offences.