Ex-football manager gets 13.5 years for 'high level role' in €2.7m heroin operation

A former football manager has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after conviction on three drugs offences linked to a significant heroin operation. Andrew Noonan, aged 45 and from County Kildare, was found guilty of possession with intent to supply, sale and supply of heroin valued at approximately €2.769 million, and possession of a mobile telephone containing an encrypted…