Eight year sentence for drug dealing father

A father of three who continued to deal drugs after being caught with a €73,000 heroin stash has been given an eight-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Francis Broughan (aged 31) was found with drugs valued at €73,000 during a garda search but continued to ply his illicit trade and another garda search three months later found drugs valued at €1,139 in his home.