West Cork fisherman tells court he was first given heroin as a wedding present

The man told the judge he had first used heroin after he was given it as a present at his wedding day in Dublin in 1983

Peter Mackey, of 5 Rinn na Mara, Castletownbere, Co Cork, told the court he didn't realise the dangers of heroin when he first used it in 1983.

A fisherman has told how receiving a wedding present of heroin "destroyed" him.

Peter Mackey, of 5 Rinn na Mara, Castletownbere, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cannabis on February 27 last year, with Judge James McNulty hearing  the 61-year-old is still on a methadone programme.