Financial services worker caught with €60k worth of cannabis avoids jail

Woman was holding drugs to pay off a drug debt but after it was paid off she continued to engage with the dealer in exchange for cannabis for her own personal use, court heard

Judge said drugs 'bring violence and death to communities in this country' and accused chose to get involved in this. File picture: AP/Franka Bruns

A financial services worker who was caught holding cannabis with a street value of nearly €60,000 in her family home has been given a suspended sentence.

Rebecca Kavanagh, 30, told gardaí she was holding the drugs to pay off a drug debt, but after the debt was paid off, she continued to engage with the dealer in exchange for cannabis for her own personal use.