Woman gets community service after turning her life around

A drug-addicted robber who has turned her life around since becoming a mother is to perform 200 hours of community service in lieu of two years' imprisonment for her role in a St Stephen's Green robbery.

Joanne Curtis (aged 20) of South Circular Road, Rialto was arrested with her co-accused, Dean Hanley, after being covertly trailed across the city centre by their victim following the robbery.