Episode 496: The life and crimes of former football star Anthony Stokes
Former Republic of Ireland footballer Anthony Stokes is doing porridge in a Scottish jail after handing himself up to police after failing to appear in court to be sentenced for abusing his ex-partner by text.
Stokes father John owned the Players Lounge Pub when an attempt was made on the life of Real IRA boss Alan Ryan there.
The 35-year-old, once tipped as Ireland’s greatest footballing hope, has had a chequered career and only recently got off a cocaine charge in Dublin after the substance he was caught with wasn’t certified as the Class A drug by Forensic Science Ireland.
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