Woman changes her plea to guilty

A woman has admitted in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court obtaining over £210,000 from several businessmen by pretending to be a supplier of Guinness goods.

Margaret Whelan (aged 43), Llewellyn Court, Ballinteer and formerly of Pine Valley Park, Rathfarnham, pleaded guilty to five counts of falsely obtaining cheques and cash worth a total of £211, 000 from four businessmen on dates between September and December 1999.