2026-05-20
Drug user held cocaine worth €1.19m to help pay off €10k debt
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She said this was the first time O'Rourke would serve a significant custodial sentence and the impact of that had to be taken into consideration. As part of the suspended portion of the sentence, he must remain under the supervision of the Probation Service for 18 months, and engage in victim awareness work, offending behaviour work and any drug counselling or other referrals deemed necessary to reduce the risk of reoffending.