Breifne O’Brien appeals seven year sentence

Former businessman Breifne O’Brien has moved to appeal his prison sentence for inducing others to advance millions of euro to him for investment in bogus property deals.

O’Brien, aged 54, with an address at Monkstown Grove, Monkstown, Co Dublin, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 14 sample counts of making a gain or causing a loss by deception of around €8.5m between 2003 and 2008.

He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Judge Patricia Ryan on October 8, 2014.