Woman with 117 shoplifting convictions jailed in Cork for five more

The woman's solicitor said: “She has a fairly tragic background. She has had mental health difficulties since she was a young teenager."

Mary Foley of no fixed address has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. File picture

A 40-year-old woman with 299 previous convictions was jailed for six months in January for shoplifting but she was out in March committing more thefts.

Now at Cork District Court, Mary Foley of no fixed address has been sentenced to 10 months in prison.