A middle-aged man with Asperger’s Syndrome was conned by four men into paying more than €4,000 for work that was never done on his house.

A gambling addict conned over €27,000 from a couple by convincing them racehorse owner JP McManus would finance their angel sanctuary business.

A CONMAN who previously turned himself in to gardaí, shortly after phoning Joe Duffy’s RTÉ Liveline programme, was yesterday jailed for 21 months.

A CONMAN stole more than £400,000 from his best friends in a spread-betting scam, a court heard yesterday.