Lifelong drug addict using jail sentence to detoxify, court hears

Susan Greene, 38, pleaded guilty to a number of offences including having heroin and shoplifting at Cork District Court.

A woman in a lifelong battle with drug addiction is still hoping that she can win it, her solicitor said today as she was jailed for five months for her latest crimes.

Susan Greene, 38, pleaded guilty to a number of offences including having heroin and shoplifting at Cork District Court.