{"id":334415,"date":"2026-03-07T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334415\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:46:09","slug":"judge-warns-limerick-man-who-had-his-home-searched-that-he-cant-keep-doing-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334415\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge warns Limerick man who had his home searched that he \u2018can\u2019t keep doing this&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHE CAN\u2019T be trading in cocaine and not expect to go to prison\u201d, Judge Patricia Harney said as a young man was brought before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> District Court.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Waters, 28, was caught with \u20ac448 worth of drugs following a garda\u00ed search of his home at Columcille Street, Saint Mary`s Park, Limerick on January 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Inspector Liam Wallace said that upon being caught, Mr Waters admitted to selling drugs, and was charged with drug possession and the sale and supply of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2030016\/breaking-limerick-student-pleads-guilty-to-dangerous-driving-causing-the-deaths-of-two-young-men.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick student pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two young men<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solicitor John Herbert said in mitigation that the young man lives at home, has a very difficult family background, and that \u201chis mother is debilitated with strokes\u201d. Mr Herbert said that his client \u201ccouldn\u2019t have been more co-operative\u201d with garda\u00ed, and that he made full admissions.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Harney stated \u201cI\u2019ll give him credit for his early plea\u201d, but warned that Mr Waters \u201ccan\u2019t keep doing this\u201d. The judge convicted and fined him \u20ac400, giving him four months to pay.<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHE CAN\u2019T be trading in cocaine and not expect to go to prison\u201d, Judge Patricia Harney said as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,1396,44,7250,43],"class_list":["post-334415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}