The campaign to repatriate of a Dublin-born mother-of-two who is serving eight years in a jail in Ecuador for alleged drug smuggling continues to be hampered.

An Irish mother of two who was sentenced to eight years in prison in Ecuador for alleged drug-smuggling is seeking to serve the rest of her sentence in Ireland.

AN IRISH-BORN journalist serving an eight-year sentence in a South American jail for drug trafficking says she’s completely innocent and desperately needs to get home.