Woman struggling with covid lockdowns turned to growing cannabis at her Cork home

Accused was caught with 'grow-house' cultivating the drug with a potential value of €7,200

Defence stressed the word 'grow-house' had some connotations but there was no suggestion of supply in this case. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

A woman who struggled with lockdowns during the covid pandemic resorted to growing cannabis which she was smoking herself to the point where she was caught with a grow-house cultivating the drug with a potential value of €7,200.

Sergeant Pat Lyons said at Cork District Court: “The grow-house had full heating and ventilation to enhance productivity. She was arrested and made full admissions to cultivation of cannabis within her home.”