Man jailed for seven years over €3.7m cash seizures

Darren Hoey was a trusted and responsible member of an organised crime group involved in drug trafficking, court told

The Courthouse in Tralee, Co Kerry, where Darren Hoey was sentenced. Picture: Dan Linehan

A 46-year-old man who pleaded guilty on Thursday under money laundering legislation to possessing huge amounts of cash at a house in Lisselton, Co Kerry, and at a second property in Co Laois, has been sentenced to a total of seven years imprisonment at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court.

Darren Hoey, of Oak Drive, Ballincollig, Mountmellick, Co Laois, had engaged in the possession of property that was the proceeds of criminal conduct, namely €2,714,785 and stg£94,149, at Farranstack, Lisselton, Co Kerry, on September 30, 2020.