Former Chief Operations Officer Tiarnan O’Mahoney was given a three year sentence; Former Company Secretary Bernard Daly was sentenced to two years and former Assistant Manager Aoife Maguire was given an 18-month sentence.
They are the first bankers to be jailed in Ireland since the onset of the financial crisis.
Judge Patrick McCartan told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the actions of Tiarnan O’Mahoney; Bernard Daly and Aoife Maguire represented a significant and deliberate fraud and all of it reflects the workings of a very sick bank which was very, very dishonest .
He sentenced 56-year-old former C.O.O Mr O’ Mahoney of Glen Pines, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow to three years; 67-year-old Bernard Daly of Collins Avenue West, Dublin to two years; and 62-year-old Aoife Maguire of South Circular Road to 18 months.
All sentences will begin immediately – and no parts of any of the sentences are suspended.
The courtroom was packed with friends, supporters and family members of the three – who were yesterday convicted of trying to hide accounts connected to former boss Sean Fitzpatrick from Revenue.
Brendan Grehan, appearing for Mr O’ Mahoney, said the court should bear in mind the impunity with which Mr Fitzpatrick has been fortunate enough to meet in respect of these matters.
