Eight years for cocaine holder

A Lucan mother who was paid €400 a week to hold €191,535 worth of cocaine has been given an eight-year sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Karen O'Connor (aged 27) of Hillcrest Lawns, Lucan, told gardaí her cocaine dealer informed her someone would be coming to see her, days after she mentioned her outstanding bills. Two men later arrived, dropped the haul off and told her she would be paid to hold them.