Man charged after €4m cocaine seizure in Cork denied bail to set up a business

Gentjan Dodaj told the court: 'I will never leave this country. Everyone makes mistakes and deserves one chance. I deserve one chance.'

Gentjan Dodaj said that he “would never leave Ireland in one million years” if granted bail. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A man who was charged following a €4.2m cocaine seizure in Cork has appealed for bail to set up a business to support his young family.

Gentjan Dodaj, age 39, of Paradise Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, an Albanian national, said that he “would never leave Ireland in one million years” if granted bail. He told Cork District Court that he was applying for bail to finish setting up a business to provide for his pregnant partner and two children.