10/09/2024
Received a letter from Revenue this week. In April 2023 they seized 10kg of incoming greenhouse flower, destined for our kitchen's & tea mix. Go on then, add it to the mound.
However now, in September 2024, the State has decided to begin ALL NEW HIGH COURT PROCEEDINGS against myself and our company. A fresh Plenary Summons in the High Court. A fresh legal case organised and issued by the State - fresh paperwork, time, resources, barristers, money. Tax money, don't forget.
Now you take a step back and think about what's actually happening here.
We've been at the forefront of this thing for coming up on 5 years. Our case is, according to all the legal people concerned, the most comprehensive example of the CBD cannabis issue in Ireland. There's a lot of moving pieces involved behind the scenes, evidence, affidavit's, there's a broad spectrum of reference points to thrash this thing out & get on with things, let the industry develop. It's the longest standing challenge in the Country. Not to mention the sheer volume of product seized and the relatively high levels of publicity which surrounded the Little Collins case.
Yet we can't get a Hearing.
The State steadfastly refuses to meet us in Court head-to-head on this front. We've seen not one but two cases put before us, the first of which was not even a trading entity.
Both of those cases lost, the first not surprisingly, the second - involving Denise Lynch from D H**p shop in Cavan, who is a warrior and whom we have the utmost respect for - under a ruling numerous people with knowledge in the matter have described as, well, horsesh*t.
But they won't hear the Little Collins case. Oh no! Our Hearing due for October was bumped just days before the D H**p Hearing in July. I'd never seen our solicitor, who has been on this since Day 1 and is as calm a bloke as you could encounter, so angry or upset as when that happened.
They won't hear our case but they WILL begin all new proceedings against us. They WILL continue to kick the Little Collins can down the road and ignore the plain facts, the plain as day common sense truth of the matter, which they so expertly danced around and obfuscated in Denise's own hearing --
Namely, that CBD cannabis - h**p cannabis with