Man accused of €270k theft

Patrick Walsh, aged 33, from Camass North, Bruff, Co Limerick met officers from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI) in Dublin city centre by appointment yesterday.
He was charged with 75 counts of theft of various sums from Canada Life, and using insurance policy application forms as false instruments. The offences are alleged to have happened when he worked as a tied agent for the company in 2010 and 2011 at locations in Dublin and Limerick.