John Gilligan has lost a Supreme Court challenge against his sentence on the eve of his release.
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The convicted drug trafficker took issue with the mandatory nature of the consecutive sentences he received for offences he committed as an inmate.
While serving a 20 year term for drug offences, he was given a further 2 years for assaulting a prison officer and another 6 months on top of that for possessing a mobile phone.
The case won’t have an impact on the 61 year old walking free from Portlaoise Prison after midnight tonight.