Meath broker defrauded company of €109k

A Co Meath insurance broker who carried out a €109,000 life insurance fraud has been ordered to perform 240 hours unpaid work in the community in addition to a four-year suspended sentence.

Clare Dooley, aged 43, committed the offences following a failed business venture in 2011. The former financial advisor later founded Drogheda, Co Louth-based company Moneybloom, which offered to help restructure loans for those in mortgage distress.

Dooley, of Hillcrest, Julianstown, Co Meath, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 10 counts of making and using false declaration forms at New Ireland Assurance plc, Dawson St, Dublin, and in the State between November 23, 2010, and September 27, 2011. She has no previous convictions.