Sisters plead to be freed from jail

Two sisters accused of stealing €300 from the handbag of an 81-year-old woman in Cork said they were anxious to get out of jail to look after their children as it was hard on their own elderly mother to have to mind them.

Teresa McDonagh, aged 36, and Martina McDonagh, 26, appeared by video link from Limerick prison at a sitting of Cork District Court yesterday.

They had tried to secure bail at the High Court in Dublin but were refused, their barrister, Louis Harkin said.