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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 4311Possession of controlled drugs (sale and supply), money laundering · Co. Dublin · 5 Feb 2021

Kaide Fowler jailed for four and a half years over drug dealing and money laundering in Finglas

Kaide Fowler, 38, of Finglas West, Dublin, was sentenced to four and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to multiple charges of possessing heroin, cannabis and cocaine for sale or supply and money laundering between February 2021 and January 2023. His wife Catriona Hyland, 33, received a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for possessing proceeds of crime.

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  6. Sentenced16 Dec
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Key facts

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  • whatCocaine valued at €3,000, heroin valued at €4,000 and cannabis valued at just under €100 were found, along with cash totalling €3,680 and £70 Stg. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatA car parked outside a property in Berryfield was found to contain €61,480 in cash and a number of tablets. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatIn April 2021, €1,300 was found on Fowler's person when he was stopped in Finglas. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatIn May 2021, €3,090 was found on Fowler when he was stopped as a passenger in a taxi. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereTwo houses in Berryfield, Finglas were searched in February 2021. (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeFowler pleaded guilty to charges of having heroin, cannabis and cocaine for sale or supply between 5 February 2021 and 19 January 2023. (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeFowler pleaded guilty to multiple charges of possessing cash believed to be from proceeds of crime between May 2021 and 19 January 2023, with sums ranging from €507 to €61,418. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtJudge Martin Nolan presided over the sentencing. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtDean Kelly SC defended Fowler and Edward Doocey BL prosecuted. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceKaide Fowler was jailed for four and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceHyland was given a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherFowler has 102 previous convictions, including a five-year suspended sentence for possession of drugs for sale or supply in February 2015. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherHyland has three previous convictions for road traffic offences. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherFowler's father Anthony Josh Fowler was murdered in November 2025 following a stabbing at his Finglas home. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 16 Dec2025
    Sentencedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Man whose father was murdered outside home is jailed over drug dealing

    Sentencing report. Fowler received four and a half years; his wife Hyland received a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence. Details of multiple drug and cash seizures across Finglas between 2021 and 2023 are given, along with background on Fowler's 102 previous convictions and his father's murder in November 2025.

    convicted, Kaide Fowler, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Kaide Fowlerconvicted, Catriona Hyland, 33, female, named, irish (judged from name)Catriona Hyland