Alan Ladak

Alan Ladak is a 70-year-old book dealer from Loughrea, Co Galway, who recently gained media attention after having a charge of possessing stolen property dismissed in court. He was accused of buying two rare first editions of Seamus Heaney's works for a low price at a bric-a-brac stall and attempting to sell them for a profit, claiming he was unaware they were stolen.