Former Cavan Cathaoirleach charged with €170k charity theft

A former cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council appeared at Trim District Court today (Tuesday) charged with the alleged theft of €172,000 from a Co Meath charity.

Sean McKiernan (42) with an address at Virginia Road, Cavan was charged with 58 counts of theft of €172,130 at unknown locations from the Navan Mental Health Housing Association on various dates in 2019. Garda Sean Patterson gave evidence of the arrest of the accused who was then remanded on conditional bail by Judge Cormac Dunne to the same court on 21^st March next for preparation of a book of evidence.