Jason Rooney was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Jason Rooney was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was caught with more than €43,000 worth of cocaine.Rooney (22), of Spring Garden Street, Dublin 3, was imprisoned for seven years last month in Trim Circuit Criminal Court, Co Meath, after he was caught with €500,000 worth of drugs.He had eight other previous convictions for road traffic offences.Defence counsel said that it was "a paradoxical situation" that his client had been working in an organisation trying to keep young people away from drugs yet he went on to have two convictions for drug dealing.The judge took into account Rooney's plea of guilty, co-operation with the garda investigation and the fact he took responsibility for the drugs when others could have been suspected of being involved.