Roofer has sentence suspended for heroin possession

A former roofer has been given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possessing heroin valued €6,000 in March of last year.

Brian Kearney (aged 35), a father of three, of Cromcastle Court, Coolock lost his job and became a heroin abuser after his friend committed suicide some years ago.