THERE’S probably quite a few rugby players who will look back on their careers filled with pride but there’s not many folks who can say that they’ve hounded and harried Frodo Baggins and Ronan O’Gara in the same breath.

Two men who defrauded Ulster Bank of over £1m (€1.26m) by lodging fictitious invoices with the bank to keep a business afloat have escaped jail at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two businessmen who defrauded Ulster Bank of over £1m (€1.27m) to keep their business afloat are due to be sentenced on June 14 next by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.