Cork cannabis campaigner convicted for planting herb outside garda station and City Hall

It is laughable really that this is a crime,” Mr Condon said to Judge King in the course of one video of him planting cannabis

Martin Condon: 'I felt frustrated, I suppose, with the dead ends met when trying to obtain cannabis as a patient.' File picture: David Keane

A cannabis campaigner advanced his cause with a trowel in one hand and a cannabis plant in the other planting the herb at locations across Cork City including spots outside Mayfield garda station, City Hall and the Bridewell.

There was perhaps an inevitability about Martin Condon being prosecuted for cultivation of cannabis. Far from making a secret of his actions, he planted the cannabis in the middle of the day, recorded his actions and posted them online.