Convicted murderer jailed for possession of cocaine

A convicted murderer and drug dealer has been jailed for two years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he was found in possession of €1,980 worth of cocaine.

Anthony O'Reilly (aged 22) of Cleggan Park, Ballyfermot received a life sentence last April after he had been convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of murdering Daniel McDonald on Main Street, Arklow, in Wicklow on February 2, 2007.