Kenneth Walsh’s two-year sentence for cannabis possession suspended in full

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Kenneth Walsh pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis for sale or supply after gardaí found eight plants and cultivated cannabis herb at his Rathfarnham home. The seized cannabis and plants were valued at about €22,000. Walsh told gardaí he grew the cannabis for pain relief for himself and a neighbour with terminal cancer; the judge found that explanation met the threshold of believability.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court imposed a two-year sentence and suspended it in full subject to conditions.