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Limerick man to be extradited to Bulgaria to stand trial over drink-driving offence
Jonathan Collopy had contested his surrender saying that there was a real risk he would receive inadequate medical care for his severe back pain
Jonathan Collopy has 15 days to consider the judgment. Photo: Collins Courts
Tue, 22 Jun, 2021 - 16:14
Alison O’Riordan
Jonathan Collopy, who has a conviction for serious drugs offences from the early 2000s, is set to be extradited to Bulgaria where he is wanted to serve a sentence for drink-driving.
The Limerick man and father-of-six had contested his surrender at the High Court, with his lawyers submitting that there was a real risk he would receive inadequate medical care for his severe back pain due to substandard facilities should he be extradited to Sofia Prison in Bulgaria.
Brazilian national who ingested 33 pellets of cocaine jailed for trafficking drugs into Ireland
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A Brazilian man who was one of three who flew into Ireland trafficking drugs from their native country has been jailed for 18 months.
Breno Oliveria (24) ingested 30 pellets of cocaine in Sao Paulo after he attended a meeting on the understanding that he was getting a work permit to allow him to work in construction in Ireland. He was from a rural area of Brazil and his intention was to go to Ireland to get work so he could send much needed funds home.
Garda Andrew McDonald told Katherine McGillicuddy BL, prosecuting, that unbeknownst to Oliveria he was on the same flight into Dublin as two other Brazilians who had also met with the same gang and forced to transport the cocaine.
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Irish man wanted in Bulgaria disputes prison overcrowding claims
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A LIMERICK man who is wanted in Bulgaria to serve a sentence for drink driving, and who has a conviction for serious drugs offences from the early 2000s, is disputing a claim that Bulgarian prisons are not overcrowded.
Jonathan Collopy, 34, who has an address at St Mary s Park, Limerick City, is wanted in Bulgaria to serve an 18-month sentence having been convicted of drink driving in his absence.
At the High Court this Tuesday, Katherine McGillicuddy BL told Mr Justice Paul Burns that she wants two weeks to prepare submissions about prison conditions in Bulgaria.