Young mother accused of faking own death 

Amy McCauley faces claims she had registered her date of death as December 26, 2022, and had obtained death certificates in the Irish and English versions of her name

Amy McCauley leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice  on Parkgate Street in Dublin after she appeared before the District Court; she is accused of faking her own death. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A mother has been accused of faking her own death, using bogus medical reports in Dublin and Wexford and living under a new name following a "complex" investigation.

Amy McCauley, 33, was allegedly gone but not forgotten by the detective unit at Pearse Street Garda station in Dublin.