Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

Between November 1970 and July 1971, from the ages reported

Offences

Money laundering (participating in or facilitating a criminal organisation), Possession of drugs (cocaine); possession of proceeds of criminal conduct

Where

Co. Limerick, Co. Tipperary

Reporting

4 reports, 25 Jul 2022 to 27 Nov 2025

Outlets

limerickleader.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, tipperarylive.ie

• Man jailed for five years over money laundering linked to 'XY gang' in Limerick Money laundering (participating in or facilitating a criminal organisation) · Co. Limerick

  James Curtis, aged 54, of Reiska, Kilcommon, Thurles, pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to participating in or facilitating the activities of a criminal organisation. The charge relates to an NCT registration of a car in Limerick on 28 September 2020, which the judge said was linked to proceeds of crime and to the 'XY gang'. Judge Colin Daly imposed a five-year jail sentence, to run concurrently with the 10 years Curtis is already serving after a Court of Appeal ruling on a separate offence. The latest reported development is this sentence, reported in November 2025.

  Sentenced, 27 Nov 2025Convicted · 1 report
• Tipperary man sentenced to ten years for cocaine possession Possession of drugs (cocaine); possession of proceeds of criminal conduct · Co. Tipperary

  On 30 October 2020, man James Curtis, 51, was caught in a field near his home in Thurles, Co Tipperary, in possession of 5kg of cocaine in a potato bag and €376,550 in cash, with a further €41,000 and 4.25kg of cocaine found in a buried barrel. He pleaded guilty at Nenagh Circuit Criminal Court in October 2021 to possessing €647,000 worth of cocaine for sale or supply and to being in possession of €376,550 as proceeds of criminal conduct, and was sentenced to five and a half years. The DPP appealed the sentence on the grounds that it was too lenient. In July 2022, the Court of Appeal quashed the Circuit Court sentence and substituted ten years' imprisonment, backdated to 30 October 2020.

  Sentenced, 29 Jul 2022Convicted, accused · 3 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 27 Nov2025
   Sentencedlimerickleader.ie, in Man jailed for five years over money laundering linked to 'XY gang' in Limerick

   Member of the ‘XY gang’ involved in a Limerick city-wide feud in court for ‘washing money’

   convicted, James Curtis, 54, male, named, irish (judged from name)James Curtis♂54IE
2. 29 Jul2022
   Sentencedleinsterexpress.ie, in Tipperary man sentenced to ten years for cocaine possession

   Drug dealer who had cocaine in a potato bag has sentence doubled

   convicted, James Curtis, 51, male, named, irish (judged from name)James Curtis♂51IE
3. 29 Jul2022
   Sentencedtipperarylive.ie, in Tipperary man sentenced to ten years for cocaine possession

   Court almost doubles sentence handed to 'upper echelon' Tipperary gang member

   convicted, James Curtis, 51, male, named, irish (judged from name)James Curtis♂51IE
4. 25 Jul2022
   In courttipperarylive.ie, in Tipperary man sentenced to ten years for cocaine possession

   BREAKING: Sentence too lenient on Tipperary gang member caught with drugs in potato bag

   accused, James Curtis, 51, male, named, irish (judged from name)James Curtis♂51IE

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