FÁS training centre manager jailed for defrauding woman of €55k

A manager of a State-owned training centre defrauded a woman in his care of €55,000 to pay off his own debts, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Brendan Madden, a manager at Thomas Court Centre, a FÁS specialist training provider, deceived Monica Duignam into giving him over half of compensation money she had received from an incident.