Trinity student sold drugs 'to fund college'
A former Trinity College student who sold cannabis grass to his friends in order to help him pay his way through college has been given a three year suspended sentence and ordered to complete 240 hours community service.
Seamus O’Reilly (aged 24) of Swan Lodge, Swanville Place in Rathmines Road Lower, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the drugs with a street value of €13,015 and ecstasy tablets worth €206 at his home on April 23, 2009.