Rattigan 'directed drugs gang from prison'

From his cell in Portlaoise Prison, Dublin criminal Brian Rattigan directed a gang operating a drugs business, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

Closing speeches were heard this afternoon at the end of the third week of the non-jury trial of Rattigan (aged 32), formerly of Cooley Road, Drimnagh, who has pleaded not guilty to the possession of heroin and two counts of possession of the drug for sale or supply on Hughes Road South, Walkinstown, Dublin on May 21, 2008.