Man addicted to heroin for 32 years caught with drugs in Cork hotel avoids jail

The court heard that the man has been successful in undertaking residential treatment since he was caught

Eamon Kane was one of three people found in a room in Acton's Hotel on January 20, 2023, with the stash of drugs. File picture: Denis Minihane

A Dubliner with a 32-year heroin addiction was caught in Acton’s Hotel in Kinsale with a €4,400 stash of heroin and cocaine almost two years ago and since then he has been successful in undertaking residential treatment.

Judge Helen Boyle said that in all the circumstances she would impose a four-year sentence on Eamon Kane, aged 49, but suspend it. The judge did warn that the period of the suspension was long — at four years — and that if he committed any further offences in that period he could face a custodial sentence.