Morphine addict forged prescriptions

A woman who became addicted to morphine medication after an accident at work has admitted forging prescriptions to get the drug.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Tracey Byrne, aged 32, was prescribed injections of cyclimorphine, which contains morphine, because she was suffering from chronic pain after her accident.

When her GP stopped these prescriptions in 2012, Byrne tried unsuccessfully to get other doctors to prescribe the medication. She then began forging the prescriptions.