'Things have improved' for homeless woman who spent Christmas in Cork prison

The court had heard that she had been admitted to the accident and emergency unit of Mercy University Hospital at least 650 times.

The solicitor said that on her release from prison Anne Marie Ward wants to continue under the direction of the probation service and go for rehabilitation. File photo

A 43-year-old homeless woman benefitted from spending the Christmas holidays in prison and now she has been sentenced to four months in jail for a catalogue of offences committed over the past six months.

Frank Buttimer solicitor said at Cork District Court that Anne Marie Ward was pleading guilty to all the charges against her, mainly for being drunk and a danger, failing to appear in court and shoplifting.