Andrew Cooley said that he had transported the drugs as a result of a threat from drug dealers to whom he previously owed a debt, although that debt had been repaid a decade earlier.

Garda Glenn Halpin told the Judge that on December 22nd, 2021, there were numerous 999 calls about a Scania truck with a white trailer travelling on the M50 and M1.

The N15 road between Killygordon and Castlefin was closed for a period.