Darren Nolan gets suspended sentence for firearm and drugs offences

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Darren Nolan received a two-year sentence, fully suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 11 June 2021. The proceedings were reported on 11 June 2021.

He pleaded guilty to recklessly discharging a firearm, possessing heroin and cocaine for sale or supply, and making a false statement to gardaí. The firearm and drugs offences occurred at his home in Shangan Green, Ballymun, and the false statement was made at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, on 8 May 2018.

Nolan told gardaí he had shot himself in the cheek with a blank from a gun he had bought online. The gun was only capable of firing blanks and flares.

Judge Karen O'Connor said Nolan had been manipulated into holding the drugs and had made progress addressing his addiction. The suspension included a condition that he attend residential treatment.