'I hope you go back to the sporting arena': Judge tells Cork man he will get more enjoyment from sport than drugs

Court heard defendant won All-Ireland titles for boxing and played soccer for Cork City and for Ireland but his life spiralled into drug addiction when his brother was killed in a car crash

Defendant played soccer for Cork City at a very young age, court told. File picture: Inpho/Laszlo Geczo

A man with sporting prowess as a youth ended up suffering serious drug addiction over the years and now a sentencing judge has told him the sporting arena would offer him much more enjoyment than drugs ever could.

A sentence of two months, with the second month suspended, was imposed on 31-year-old Tony Dolan by Judge Catherine Ryan at Cork District Court.