Financial administrator of Blackrock Castle Observatory stole €26k from employer

Woman used her position in financial administration to change the paperwork in respect of the money taken in from visitors and then lodged the reduced amount with falsified paperwork, court heard

Cork woman stole sums ranging from €9 to €460 from Blackrock Castle Observatory on dates in 2018 and 2019, court heard

A former financial administrator at Blackrock Castle Observatory was given a suspended two-year sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for stealing cash totalling €26,000 in the course of her employment.

Judge Colin Daly imposed that sentence and explained that some of the factors taken into consideration for the suspension in full of the sentence included the fact she was not in any trouble before or since, had repaid the money in full to her former employer and was now employed elsewhere with an employer who is aware of the case relating to her time at Blackrock Castle Observatory.