Kerry postal worker who took cash and lottery tickets from mail spared jail

"His fall from grace is huge," said defence solicitor Padraig O’Connell of his 52-year-old client, who had once been on the Kerry senior football panel.

Peter O’Brien pleaded guilty at Killarney District Court to 12 charges, two of them for theft, as well as interference and/or destruction of packets in the postal system. File picture: Eamonn Keogh

A postal worker in Killarney who admitted to interfering with mail and removing cash and lottery cards from two of the packets has been given a two-month suspended jail sentence.

Peter O’Brien (aged 52) of Barleymount East, Killarney, pleaded guilty at Killarney District Court today to 12 charges, two of them for theft, as well as interference and/or destruction of packets in the postal system. All offences related to January 29, 2021.