Gambling addict spared jail over theft
Jennifer Keady, a single mother from 333 Boireann Beag, Roscam, Galway, crashed her car and took a drugs overdose before finally admitting her guilt to gardaí.
Keady first appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court in April where she pleaded guilty to the theft of €49,800 from Brown Thomas, Eglinton St, Galway, on dates between Mar 1 and Aug 27 last year.