One company cheque was made out for the purchase of a piano for his family by an accountant who defrauded a hospitality business.

A Limerick businessman who walked free from court after he admitted threatening to have the IRA kill a Liberian man was today jailed for one year following an appeal.

A prominent Limerick businessman has walked free from court after he admitted his involvement in the abduction of a Liberian national who was threatened that he would be shot by the IRA.