Bringing cocaine to Westlife concert ends in €850 fine for fan

Accused spared prison term but judge imposes conviction

Westlife played to over 75,000 people over two nights at Pairc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, last August. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Bringing cocaine to a Westlife concert in Cork has just cost a 33-year-old fan €850.

That was the fine Judge Olann Kelleher imposed on Jason Hurley, of 59 Fair Hill Drive, Upper Fair Hill, Cork, for his first drug offence.