Money launderer with connections to 'Scourge of Sligo' has jail term halved on appeal

A 27-year-old Galway man with alleged connections to organised crime boss Barry Young has had his sentence for money laundering reduced on appeal. At the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath found that the original five-year sentence imposed by Galway Circuit Court was disproportionate and resentenced Brian Cummins, of Balgaddy Road, Tuam, to two and a half years imprisonment. Cummins had pleaded guilty to…