No mandatory drugs sentence for man who 'worked all his life'

A 46-year-old taxi driver who "worked all his life" has escaped the mandatory minimum 10-year jail sentence after nearly 10 kilos of cannabis was found in his car.

Joseph Bride of Mount Olive Park, Kilbarrack was caught with the drugs worth €116,000 when gardaí, acting on confidential information, stopped his taxi outside Laytown on September 17, 2010.