Fraudster Breifne O’Brien lived the high life on stolen cash

Not many people convert their back garden into a continental speakeasy to celebrate their child’s christening, but then not many have lived a life like Breifne O’Brien.

In June 2005, O’Brien and his wife Fiona Nagle hosted 200 people in a marquee at their home in leafy Glenageary, to toast the baptism of son Oscar.

Guests included then education minister Mary Hanafin, RTÉ’s Marty Whelan, VIP publisher Michael O’Doherty and other familiar faces from Dublin’s social scene.