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What Was He Thinking?

By Sandy Parks · On November 30, 2018
From being a person helping to save 30 students off a tall ship five years ago to being sentenced for seven years on drug charges, mysailing.com.au has the story of a RNLI volunteer from Cork, Ireland.

 

An RNLI volunteer honored for his part in the rescue of 30 students when a sailing ship sank off the west Cork coast has been jailed for seven years after he admitted distributing and storing almost €270,000 worth of drugs in his home.

Liam O’Connell from Presentation Terrace, Kinsale, was sentenced to 10 years in jail with three years suspended after he pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis, cocaine and MDMA or ecstasy for sale or supply at his home on October 27th 2017. Read More

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