Jail for father-of-eight who agreed to sell 10 stolen cars on DoneDeal

Nicholas Keane said he "wanted to get money together to give my kids a good Christmas".

A father-of-eight who agreed to sell 10 stolen cars for almost €90,000 on website DoneDeal has being jailed for three years.

Nicholas Keane (41) later told gardaí in interview that the operation gave him the chance to make money because he was behind on his maintenance. “I wanted to get money together to give my kids a good Christmas,” he said.