LOVE / HATE DANO FIGHTS FOR LIFE
Ex-actor found in prison cell with no pulse
FORMER Love/hate actor Daniel “Dano” Doyle is critical after being found lifeless in his prison cell yesterday. will tell if he will pull through. Tests will have to be carried out to determine why he ended up in such a condition.”
It’s believed Doyle, from Balcurris Park
West in
Ballymun, North
Dublin, may have ingested something during the night which led to him falling unconscious.
He was caught with 446 tablets, which were tested and identified as MDMA, as well as drug paraphernalia, including syringes and weighing scales at his home on November 12, 2014.
A total of €340 was also found in the bedroom and €2,800 elsewhere.
Doyle pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February to possession of drugs for sale or supply.
He featured on hit RTE drama Love/hate during the fifth series when it was filmed on location in Ballymun.
Doyle has 35 previous convictions, including three for drug dealing, and two for threatening to kill or cause serious harm.
Earlier this year he lost a €60,000 High Court claim for damages from an accident in which he claimed he was seriously injured.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident another Mountjoy inmate was found with injuries and rushed to the hospital.
He has since been returned to the jail after being checked over by medical staff.