Single mother's sentence for possession of drugs to be suspended

A single mother who agreed to pick up a drugs package from her local An Post sorting office for €200 has been given a six-year sentence which will be suspended from December on strict conditions.

Joanne Flynn (30) of Lindisfarne Green, Clondalkin had never come to garda attention before when she agreed to collect the parcel containing €67,500 worth of heroin on March 27, 2006.