All four men accused in alleged €31m West Cork drug-smuggling case plead guilty

Three men had previously indicated they would enter signed guilty pleas, but on Thursday, all four accused entered signed guilty pleas at Bandon District Court

Two of the men were arrested on a RIB that departed Courtmacsherry on July 1 and was intercepted by two Naval Service RIBs dispatched from the LÉ William Butler Yeats off the coast of Waterford.

Four men have pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the alleged smuggling of €31m worth of cocaine at Courtmacsherry, West Cork.

The men were arrested on July 1 from a van carrying some €31m worth of cocaine in Courtmacsherry, and from a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) off the Waterford coast.