Cork man avoids jail for drug dealing and driving without insurance as he is 'on the right path'

Richard O’Donnell, 26, from Mitchelstown, has completed a residential drug rehabilitation programme and is learning computer skills at a Cork City college, Fermoy District Court heard

Richard O’Donnell, 26, from Mitchelstown, admitted having drugs both for personal use and sale and supply on a number of occasions in 2020. Picture: iStock

A Cork man avoided jail time for drug dealing, driving without insurance and having a counterfeit driving licence only because “he was on the right path” out of addiction and criminality.

Richard O’Donnell, 26, from Mitchelstown, admitted having drugs both for personal use and sale and supply on a number of occasions in 2020.