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Ex-Ireland international charged with stealing over €500,000
Former Ireland midfielder Brendan Mullin has appeared in a court in Dublin accused of stealing over €500,000 from the Bank of Ireland. The soon-to-be 58-year-old earned 55 Ireland caps in his eleven-year international career, playing at three World Cups and touring Australia in 1989 with the British and Irish Lions.
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According to a court report published on www.rte.ie, the ex-Blackrock and Leinster player was arrested and brought before the Dublin District Court on Tuesday morning following an investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau.
“He is charged with nine counts of theft under the theft and fraud offences act… accused of stealing €573,000 from Bank of Ireland between 2011 and 2013. The 57-year-old former managing director of Bank of Ireland private banking is also accused of deceiving two people, Nicola Johnson and Paul Gallagher, to sign a payment instruction to make a gain for himself or causing a loss to another.
“Mullin is also charged with five counts of false accounting. Detective Garda Sean O’Riordan of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution. He told the court that Mullin was arrested at 9.08am this morning [Tuesday] on Chancery Street in Dublin 7 and when he was charged with the offences at the Bridewell Garda Station, he made no comment.
“The detective told the court the DPP had directed trial on indictment and there was no police objection to bail. Mullin was released on bail of his own bond of €10,000 and agreed to surrender his passport within 48 hours. He is due back in court on November 11 for service of the book of evidence.”
Former Irish rugby international Brendan Mullin is charged with stealing over €500,000 from the Bank of Ireland https://t.co/7RnWGwASUq
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 21, 2021
Ex-Ireland back Mullin worked in the financial services industry during his rugby career and in the decades since then. He featured in a RugbyPass Where Are They Now piece last year on the 1995 Ireland team that played at the World Cup in South Africa, the last Ireland team to take the field before the sport turned professional in the aftermath of that tournament.
The snippet read: “Durban marked the end of the road for Mullin’s international career, the defeat to France being the last of his 57-cap career which had begun with a November 1984 defeat to Australia… he hasn’t been immune to professional rugby. He acted as chairman of London Irish Holdings during the 2000s, while his son Gavin – another midfielder – is currently part of the Leinster set-up under Leo Cullen.”
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It was last June when popular prop Gary Halpin, who has now sadly passed away aged 55, featured in a RugbyPass throwback to the last Ireland team of the amateur era in 1995 https://t.co/6MgrerfLRg
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) February 24, 2021
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25 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
25 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
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25 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
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14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
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