Ireland Named in reporting
Paul Collopy
Born between November 1974 and July 1975, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 2 cases, 25 Jul 2022 to 1 Nov 2023
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between November 1974 and July 1975, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Money laundering, Possession of cannabis (for the purpose of sale or supply)
- Where
- Co. Clare
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 25 Jul 2022 to 1 Nov 2023
- Outlets
- limerickleader.ie, limerickpost.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Limerick man sentenced to five years four months for money laundering Money laundering · Co. Clare
Paul Collopy, a 48-year-old man from Limerick, had cash found in a disused car on the grounds of Carnelly House near Clarecastle, County Clare, on 24 November 2020. Gardaí identified him after matching his DNA to a bag containing some of the cash. He pleaded guilty at a very late stage to a money laundering offence concerning €16,695, although one article gives the figure as €16,965. On 1 November 2023, Judge Francis Comerford at Ennis Circuit Court imposed a 64-month prison term, to run concurrently with a ten-year drugs term.
Sentenced, 1 Nov 2023Convicted · 2 reports - Man sentenced to ten years for cannabis possession in Ennis Possession of cannabis (for the purpose of sale or supply) · Co. Clare
Paul Collopy, a 47-year-old man from Ennis, was caught with €50,780 worth of cannabis on the grounds of Carnelly House near Clarecastle, County Clare, on 16 April 2021. Armed Gardaí from the Clare Divisional Drugs Unit had been observing the area and witnessed him retrieve a large freezer bag of cannabis from under a tree root at around 4pm. He pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for the purpose of sale or supply before his trial was due to commence at Ennis Circuit Court. In July 2022, Judge Francis Comerford sentenced him to the mandatory minimum ten-year prison term, backdated to April 2021. Collopy had 78 previous convictions and had returned to drug dealing within a year of a prior prison release.
Sentenced, 25 Jul 2022Convicted · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Paul Collopy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 1 Nov2023Limerick man and former ice-cream seller sentenced for drug connected money laundering offenceconvicted, Paul Collopy, 48, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Collopy
- 1 Nov2023Limerick ice cream van man jailed for money launderingconvicted, Paul Collopy, 48, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Collopy
- 26 Jul2022Ice-cream seller from Limerick jailed for possession of cannabis worth €50kconvicted, Paul Collopy, 47, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Collopy
- 26 Jul2022Limerick ice-cream man gets ten years on drugs chargeconvicted, Paul Collopy, 47, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Collopy
- 25 Jul2022Drug dealer sentenced to 10 years after being caught with over €50,000 worth of cannabisconvicted, Paul Collopy, 47, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Collopy
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