Letterkenny man found with €1,000 worth of cannabis pleads guilty to drug-dealing

A Letterkenny man is to be sentenced in November after pleading guilty to possession of €1,000 of cannabis for sale or supply.

Ronan Mulvihill was caught with the drugs at his home at Meadow Hill on March 20, 2023.

The 38-year-old appeared at Letterkenny District Court this week.

His solicitor, Ms Maureen Gallagher, told Judge Ciaran Liddy that there would be a plea to the charges.

She requested a probation and welfare report be carried out on her client before sentencing.

The accused is charged that on March 20, 2023 at Meadow Hill, Letterkenny, he had unlawfully in his possession a controlled drug, to wit, namely cannabis.

The charge is contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and contrary to 27 (1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 as substituted by Section 6 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1984.

On the same date and location, Mulvihill is also charged that he had in his possession a controlled drug, namely cannabis for the purpose of selling or otherwise supplying it to another in contravention of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations, 2017 to 2019, made under Section 5 Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977.

That charge is contrary to Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and contrary to Section 27 (3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 as substituted by Section 6 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984.

The case was adjourned until November 24, 2025 for sentencing.