Drug addict gets 10 years for heroin possession

A drug addict who told gardaí he was "sick of jabbing myself to death" has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of heroin valued €153,000.

Anthony McLoughlin (aged 36), who told gardaí he was rewarded with heroin for acting as a courier for a dealer, added: "I am sick of it all, running around for that f****r just to feed my habit."