Woman jailed for smuggling syringe full of drugs into Cork Prison

Sgt Lyons said Jennifer Heaphy had five convictions for having drugs for her own use and three counts of having drugs for sale or supply to others in the past.

40-year-old Jennifer Heaphy of Kerryhall Road, Cork, pleaded guilty to bringing the illegal drug – Tetrahydocannabinoil – into Cork Prison. File photo: Eddie O'Hare

A woman visiting jail with a syringe full of cannabis oil in an envelope for one of the prisoners was sentenced to five months for the crime.

Judge Olann Kelleher said: “We all know the problem caused by drugs in prisons. I am not going to give this woman a lecture but it is a serious issue.”