A former barrister who stole €235,000 from a businessman by pretending to buy him a warehouse in Co Kildare has been jailed for three years. Patrick Russell, 57, pleaded guilty to the theft of €215,000 from businessman Paul O’Connell in July 2015. Mr Russell was struck off the bar in
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A trial date has been set in the case of former solicitor Michael Lynn, who is accused of multi-million euro thefts. Mr Lynn, 51, is facing 21 charges relating to the alleged theft of almost €30 million from seven financial institutions.
A woman who tried to process a bogus personal injury claim because she needed money to cover the costs of her and her husband's funerals has been given a three-year suspended jail sentence. Judge Pauline Codd, sitting in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, said fraudulent claims lead to increased insuran