“Stava vivendo una vita di segreti” – Figlio del boss GAA Davy Fitzgerald evita la prigione per aver rubato 35.000 € da ex datore di lavoro
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/he-was-living-a-life-of-secrets-son-of-gaa-boss-davy-fitzgerald-avoids-jail-for-stealing-35k-from-former-employer/a312030982.html
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>Fitzgerald’s barrister, Kenny Kerins, told Ennis Circuit Criminal Court that “steeped in GAA” Fitzgerald, had paid all of the money back with the support and assistance of his [family.Mr](http://family.Mr) Kerins said Fitzgerald was caught in a “serious” grip of addiction to sports gambling and that he had “expressed relief” when the thefts were discovered.Fitzgerald admitted stealing the cash in bundles of €5,000 on seven separate dates in 2023.
Paying the money back not nothing but he shoulda got time
He should have served time anyone without his connections or means, would have…
>He went home and told his grandfather
No better man to tell.
Sure 35k was pocket change compared to 30 years over the finances of the clare county board with zero over sight.
The gaa, the modern eqvilalent of what the Catholic Church was up until the 90’s.
Irelands Fittest Fraud
Read the Tony 10 book. A serious eye opener on how a problem gambler thinks & behaves. To the tune of a million stolen.
This is a lot more common than people may think, and doesn’t often tend to get to court. Knew a lad who did it in the bank I worked in and also a fella who took a medium sized family business for €100k before he was caught. The surprising thing in this article is that Paddy Power banned him, you used to hear of big betters being feted and brought to sports events as VIPs
If he was Daren from ballymun in a tracksuit the outcome would be different.
He was a cunt but he was involved with the g.a.a. yer honour, so I vouch for him!