Five-year suspended sentence for mother-of-seven who stored over €190,000 of drugs

Catherine Byrne stored over €190,000 of drugs and collected a shotgun to pay off her daughter's drug debt.

A mother-of-seven who stored over €190,000 of drugs and collected a shotgun to pay off her daughter's drug debt has been given a five-year suspended sentence.

Catherine Byrne (54) of Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of drugs for sale or supply at her address on May 29, 2018.