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Drug-smuggling prisoner unable to give urine sample due to "stage fright"
Summary
Eoin Daly, 30, of Kippure Park, Finglas, Dublin, was sentenced by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to a three‑year suspended sentence with two years of probation for smuggling more than €8,000 worth of heroin and cocaine into Cloverhill Prison. Daly pleaded guilty to possessing heroin for sale or supply and possessing cocaine on 10 May 2015. He was also remanded on a burglary offence after attending his son's first communion. At the sentencing hearing in June, Judge McCartan had ordered a urine sample for drug testing, but Daly claimed he could not provide one due to "stage fright," a psychological condition, and offered a blood sample instead. The judge noted Daly's good report from Probation Services and his willingness to remain drug‑free, but also highlighted his 32 previous convictions and his current five‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence for burglaries. Daly is due for release in April 2016.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Drug-smuggling prisoner unable to give urine sample due to "stage fright". Charges or matters: one count of possessing heroin for the purpose of sale or supply and one count of possessing cocaine on May 10, 2015 at Cloverhill Prison in Dublin. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- May 10, 2015 Adjournment
- April 2016 Incident
- 2016-07-28 Publication
Why: A prisoner who told a judge he was unable to provide a urine sample for drug-testing because he suffered from "stage fright" has been given a three-year suspended sentence for smuggling drugs into prison. CNI source report
Case subjects
Background Person
Charges: one count of possessing heroin for the purpose of sale or supply and one count of possessing cocaine on May 10, 2015 at Cloverhill Prison in Dublin (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Eoin Daly (30), Kippure Park, Finglas, Dublin, who is currently serving a five-year sentence in Portlaoise Prison, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of possessing heroin for the purpose of sale or supply and one count of possessing cocaine on May 10, 2015 at Cloverhill Prison in Dublin. Judge Patrick McCartan sentenced him to three years suspended with two years' probation supervision.; He smuggled more than €8,000 worth of heroin and cocaine back into Cloverhill Prison where he was remanded on a burglary offence after attending his son's first communion.
Places mentioned
- Kippure Park
- Portlaoise
- Portlaoise Prison
- Cloverhill Prison
- Mountjoy
- Mountjoy Prison
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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