10 years for man caught with €2m worth of cannabis

A bereaved father, who became involved in a €2m cannabis operation to cover the bill for his daughter's funeral, has received a ten year prison sentence.

50-year-old Terry O'Donoghue of Ely Close, Old Court Road in Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty to possessing €2m worth of cannabis herb at a slip road off the N7 at Castlewarden in Co Kildare and at Cookstown Industrial Estate in Tallaght in February of last year.