Wicklow woman escapes jail term for €34k theft

A Wicklow woman who embezzled over €34,000 from her employer to sustain an alcohol addiction she developed following a period of post natal depression has escaped a jail term.

Pauline Kiernan (aged 34) of Meath Road, Bray pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to four charges of stealing from Environmental Resource Management (ERM), The Capel Building, Marys Abbey in Dublin, on dates between April 16, 2009 and January 12, 2010.