Dealer sold drugs to cheer people up 'in gloomy climate'

A drug dealer who claimed he was selling narcotics to raise people’s moods “during today’s gloomy climate” has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

37 year old Michael Tighe of Kenilworth Square, Rathmines was found with ketamine, Ecstasy, GHB and cannabis when Gardai raided his home.