Ex-Vodafone Ireland executive charged with stealing almost €2m from company

A 40-year-old Wexford man, who is a former senior executive at Vodafone Ireland, is to stand trial charged with stealing almost €2m from the company over a four-year period.
Niall Barron - who has an address at Ard na Cuan in Wexford town - was arrested by detectives from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation in Dublin this morning and brought before the District Court where he faced 42 charges under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act.