Ann Murphy
Cork woman Catherine O’Brien has been remanded in continuing custody until next Monday in relation to five dishonest inducement offences.
Ms. O'Brien of An Grianan, Ballinroad, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, was arrested early Sunday afternoon in the northeast of the country, under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act.
She appeared before Clonmel District Court via videolink yesterday for a bail hearing.
Judge Miriam Walsh agreed to adjourn the case to Dungarvan District Court on June 10.
Last year, a nolle prosequi was entered in the case of two men accused of demanding money with menace from Ms O’Brien as her whereabouts could not be established.
An earlier hearing in that case was told that Ms O’Brien, originally from Buttevant in Cork, is a suspect in eight active cases involving €100,000 and lesser amounts.
In February 2022, a decision was made in favour of the Criminal Assets Bureau, allowing the retention by the State of a 2015-registered Land Rover Discovery which the High Court ruled was purchased through the proceeds of “criminal frauds” by Ms O’Brien.
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