Cork mother was under 'duress' when she pleaded guilty to harassing doctor, court told

Woman said she pleaded guilty after the prosecution's opening speech in order to return home to her son in Cork, who was recovering from a kidney transplant

Marlies Walsh, 50, of Pedlers Cross, Clonakilty, Co Cork pleaded guilty last November to one count of harassment at Temple Street Hospital, Dublin. 

A mother has told the Court of Appeal she was under duress and had to prioritise her son's care when she pleaded guilty on the first day of her trial to the "repeated harassment" of a hospital doctor.

In November last year, Marlies Walsh pleaded guilty to harassing the doctor in 2018 and 2019 and was given a fully-suspended two-year sentence.