Credit union officer took out loans in son's name causing €35k loss

Three-year suspended sentence imposed on 72-year-old Limerick man at Cork court

Former Credit Union official Matthew Heffernan, of Vereker Gardens, Ennis Road, Limerick, repaid all of the €35,000 loss to Berehaven Credit Union. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

A three-year suspended jail term was imposed on a 72-year-old credit union officer who took out loans in his son’s name in West Cork without his son’s knowledge causing a €35,000 loss.

Detective Garda DJ O’Shea confirmed yesterday that Matthew Heffernan, of 5 Vereker Gardens, Ennis Road, Limerick, had repaid all of the €35,000 loss to the credit union, and was never in any kind of difficulty before or since.