Cork woman who stole charity collection box from church is jailed

Accused was also charged with 14 counts of shoplifting in stores around Cork

The charity box was stolen from the Church of Our Lady Crowned in Mayfield shortly before a 12 o’clock Mass commenced, court heard. Picture: Larry Cummins

A charity collection box for St Vincent de Paul was stolen from a church by a woman who has been sentenced to a total of six months in prison for this and 14 counts of shoplifting around Cork City.

37-year-old Noreen Foley, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the litany of thefts as her solicitor Eddie Burke said, “her life is one of absolute chaos”.