Ian Bailey gets 12-month road ban over drug-driving Former journalist (64) also fined €700 after conviction for three drug-related offences
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Ian Bailey gave a blood sample and was tested for driving under the influence of cannabis and he failed the test, the court heard. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times.
Former journalist Ian Bailey has been banned from driving for 12 months and fined a total of €700 after he was convicted of drug-driving and possession of cannabis for his own use in west Cork almost two years ago.
Mr Bailey (64) of Schull had denied a total of four charges following a Garda investigation after he was stopped while driving at Schull and later arrested and brought to Bantry Garda station on the night of August 25th, 2019.
Escapee from UK prison jailed for dealing cannabis in Cork Ikran Aslam (38) admitted possessing drugs for sale or supply and money laundering
Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 13:59
During a search of Ikran Aslam’s home, gardaí found a large quantity of cannabis herb, weighing scales and bags hidden behind the back panel of a wardrobe.
A man who fled from an open prison in the UK has been jailed for five years for possesssion of cannabis worth €34,000 in Cork city last year.
Ikran Aslam (38), a British citizen with an address at The Avenue, Pembroke Woods, Passage West, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to possessing cannabis herb for sale or supply and money laundering on September 24th, 2020.