Court refuses to return passport to Clare woman who wanted to holiday abroad

A court has refused to return a passport to a Clare woman, whose partner is involved in organised crime in Limerick, to allow her go on a foreign holiday.

Heather McNamara, aged 33, of Gordon Drive, Ennis, is facing a charge of being in possession of over €68,000, believed to be the proceeds of crime. She denies the charge.

Ann-Marie Lawlor, defending, told Judge Melanie Greally at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that her client was making an application to have her passport returned so she could go on a family holiday abroad with her two children, her mother, and her disabled brother. She currently has to sign on three times a week in Ennis Garda Station.