Executive charged with theft of €2m

A former senior executive at Vodafone Ireland is to stand trial charged with stealing almost €2m from the company over a four-year period.

Niall Barron, aged 40, who had held the position of head of corporate financial services at the company, appeared at Dublin District Court to face 42 charges under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act. He was arrested by detectives in Dublin yesterday.

Detective Garda Stephen Niland told Judge Denis McLoughlin the accused, who has an address at Ard na Cuan in Wexford Town, Co Wexford, “made no reply to any of the charges.”