Publican: Ex-bank official left me broke

A former publican claimed in the High Court a former AIB investment manager stole from her and defrauded her of her investment in the pub.

Ann Condon, aged 52, of Bridgemount, Carrigaline, Co Cork, claims former Mallow AIB official, Kieran Ashcroft, engaged in an orchestrated scheme of fraud which ultimately led her to lose everything she had put into the Anchor Bar on Cork’s George’s Quay.

Ashcroft’s whereabouts are unknown and he was not represented in court. She was left “without a penny to her name”, the court heard.