A man who breached a Safety Order was sentenced to six months in prison at Portlaoise District Court on Thursday. The man was charged with breach of the order. .
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A man charged with drugs offences must engage 100 per cent with the Probation Services if he is to avoid a prison sentence.
Owen Foster, 27, of 8 Kilmalogue Downs, Portarlington appeared before Portlaoise District Court on Thursday last charged with possession of drugs and possession for sale or supply at Kilmalogue Lawns, Portarlington on October 25, 2020.
Sgt JJ Kirby told the court that Mr Foster had been found with ten small bags with a white substance in them.
It was cocaine with a value of €900.
Mr Foster made full admissions and had co-operated with the gardaí.
Thirteen a shocking age to be taking cannabis.
19 May 2021
); Thirteen was a shocking age for people to be taking cannabis, Judge Catherine Staines said at Portlaoise district court last week.
She made her comments as she reviewed a report on Kamil Kozlowski, 26, of 21 Ferns Dale, Ferns Bridge, Monasterevin.
Mr Kozlowski was before the court on charges of possession of drugs and possession for supply or sale at Portlaoise Garda Station on September 5, 2020.
Judge Staines noted that he had started taking cannabis at the age of 13.
“It makes you apathetic,” she told him.
“It’s a shocking age for people to be taking it and how it is condoned,” she stated.