Woman, 30, with 321 convictions sent to jail

A woman with more than 300 previous convictions has been sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment for a number of thefts in Tralee and Killarney during the Rose of Tralee festival last year.

Noreen O’Driscoll, aged 30, of Gerald Griffin St, Cork City, pleaded guilty yesterday at Tralee District Court to three counts of theft.

They involved the theft of a mobile phone worth €200 at ‘€2 Shop’, The Square, Tralee on Aug 23; the theft of Xanax tablets from Costello’s Chemist, Russell St, four days later, and the theft of €55 from a handbag in Gleeson’s shop, Killarney, the following day.