Two years jail for middle-aged drug mules caught at Shannon Airport

Two ‘dopey’ middle-aged drug mules who spent six days in hospital expelling more than 90 swallowed pellets of cocaine smuggled in from Spain have been each jailed for two years, writes Gordan Deegan.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Gerald Keys said that Thomas Tully, aged 44, of Star Court, John Carew Park, Limerick, and John Byrne, aged 43, of Clare St, Limerick were “extremely foolish” to smuggle the drugs into Shannon on April 21, 2014.