Once described as the "poster boy for the worst excesses of the Celtic Tiger", fraudster businessman Breifne O’Brien has been jailed for seven years for running a Ponzi scheme that cost his victims millions of euro.

Businessman Breifne O'Brien is due to be sentenced today for multimillion-euro fraud offences.

Businessman Breifne O’Brien has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of multi-million euro theft and deception totalling over €10m between 2003 and 2008.

Businessman Breifne O'Brien has pleaded guilty to numerous charges relating to a multimillion euro ponzi scheme.

Former businessman Breifne O'Brien has failed in an appeal to stop his upcoming trial on fraud and theft charges.