Roma girl tells court: "No one will hire me"

An 18-year-old who was caught begging on the streets of Cork said there was no way she was ever going to get a job.

A solicitor said Constansa Munteanu, aged 18, had told him: “I am Romanian, no one will employ me.

The teenager, from 50 Orchard Court, Blackpool, Cork, appeared before Cork District Court for penalty only. She was fined €150 for begging at Winthrop St on November 24.