No jail for 'cunning' accountant who stole €50,000 from clients

A former accountant who spent €50,000 he stole from business clients, to pay for a piano, landscape gardening, and home repairs, has avoided a jail sentence, writes David Raleigh.

Kieran O'Halloran (aged 44), who pleaded guilty to a number of thefts, and forgery, was described by presiding judge Tom O'Donnell as "cold, calculating, and cunning".