Former HSE employee given two year suspended sentence for theft

A former HSE employee has been given a two year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to the theft and attempted theft from the HSE and its suppliers.

53-year-old David Cooper pleaded guilty to 12 charges relating to the attempted theft of €107,000 and the theft of €55,000 while working as a HSE employee at St Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital in Cork.