Cork man who grew cannabis to relieve chronic pain avoids jail

While accused pleaded guilty to cultivation and possession of cannabis for sale or supply, he described the supply as sharing the cannabis with one friend for pain relief

Gardaí found a cannabis grow-house and 39 cannabis plants at various stages of maturity at the defendant's home.

Chronic pain prompted a Fermoy man to experiment with the cultivation and use of cannabis to relieve pain, but gardaí with a warrant arrived at his home and discovered a sophisticated grow-house.

Paul Walsh, aged 45, of Deerpark, Fermoy, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to cultivation of cannabis and possession of the drug for the purpose of selling or otherwise supplying to another.