Man in jail for drug dealing in Cork pleads guilty to money-laundering charge

Man admitted dealing drugs worth over €90k in court last year but had 'balked' at money-laundering charge, court heard

Defence barrister Donal O’Sullivan said Tomasz Piekarniak, originally from Poland, was concerned about the wording of the money-laundering charge which referred, among other phrases, to 'terrorist financing'. Picture: Larry Cummins 

A man who admitted dealing over €90,000 worth of drugs in Cork balked at the idea of admitting a money-laundering offence in relation to €3,750 of cash seized on the same occasion, but has now confessed to the crime in relation to the cash too.

Defence barrister Donal O’Sullivan said Tomasz Piekarniak, originally from Poland, was concerned about the wording of the money-laundering charge which referred, among other phrases, to “terrorist financing”.