Cork man who has used numerous types of drugs for 35 years jailed for drug-dealing

Dean Coughlan, who has been a polydrug user from the age of 15, was caught with €10k worth of heroin in his underpants

The sentence comprised a total term of three years with the last 15 months suspended. File picture: Dan Linehan

A polydrug user from the age of 15, and now aged 50, has been jailed for his latest drug-dealing offence where he was caught with €10,000 worth of heroin in his underpants.

Dean Coughlan of Springvale Estate, Old Youghal Road, Cork, was sentenced to a total of 21 months in jail by Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. The sentence comprised a total term of three years with the last 15 months suspended.