Slovak national told repay €409 loan

A JUDGE has ordered a Slovak national repay a debt of €409 to a person he claimed had been a moneylender.

A Garda investigation determined an Ennis resident, who lent the money to the man, was not an illegal moneylender.

At Shannon District Court yesterday, Inspector Tom Kennedy said a Garda inquiry concluded Newton Augele, of Fergus Manor, Ennis was not a moneylender and that the €409 he lent to Slovak national Jozef Makuna was a personal arrangement.