'Master of deception' from Limerick jailed for selling non-existent Six Nations tickets

He was also given a prison sentence recently for conning prominent horse trainer, Michael Hourigan, while posing as a representative of RTÉ and Horse Racing Ireland

Patrick Sheedy has 91 previous convictions in total and is currently serving a three-and-a-half year sentence at Portlaoise prison.

A judge has jailed a serial fraudster for duping a 79-year-old rugby club officer to part with €7,610 for 48 Six Nations rugby match tickets that didn't exist.

At Ennis District Court today, Judge Mary Larkin jailed Patrick Sheedy (aged 52) for nine months for the three separate deception offences and said that an aggravating factor in the case is Mr Sheedy’s level of recidivism where he already amassed 63 previous convictions under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act.