Grandmother in jail on birthday over planning row with council

A GRANDMOTHER will not be able to celebrate her 50th birthday today with her nine children and six grandchildren because she is locked up in prison over a planning row with Limerick County Council.

Grandmother in jail on birthday over planning row with council

Geraldine Murphy, from Abbeyfeale, has been placed in an overcrowded cell in Limerick prison since last Monday and is sleeping on a mattress on a floor.

She suffers from a heart condition and diabetes and takes 15 tablets a day.

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