Garda Kingston said Ms Burke, who is mother to seven children and a grandmother to two, was sitting there with her handbag. Garda Kingston asked Ms Burke if she would consent to a search. That was negative and the garda asked Ms Burke if she had driven to the station. A later search of Ms Burke’s handbag showed she had €885 in her possession. Her solicitor, Flor Murphy, said that while under interview Ms Burke mentioned friends coming around, she never said she supplied them with drugs.

Source: Irish Examiner May 23, 2019 18:45 UTC