Overview
- Co-accused Shane O’Neill received a two-and-a-half-year sentence with the final 12 months suspended after pleading guilty.
- Gardaí linked the men to the stash through CCTV, seized phones, drug-packaging materials and “tick lists” of customer debts.
- Messages on TikTok referenced “gear,” and CCTV later captured the pair searching for the bag after gardaí had seized it.
- Holt’s eight-year term was imposed with the final year suspended, backdated to last June, and made subject to conditions to keep the peace.
- The court noted Holt’s 59 prior convictions and a probation assessment of high risk of reoffending, while O’Neill had no previous record and engaged in rehabilitation.