Former employee charged with stealing €73,000 from Martin Shanahan’s Fishy Fishy restaurant in Kinsale

Nessa Gilsenan faces over 130 charges, including theft and false accounting, at Martin Shanahan’s award-winning Fishy Fishy restaurant

Nessa Gilsenan appeared at Bandon District Court on Thursday 20th March 2025. Picture: Larry Cummins.

A woman has been charged with stealing more than €73,000 from a TV chef at his famous Cork restaurant as well as false accounting.

Nessa Gilsenan, 51, faces more than 130 charges, including more than 110 for theft from her employer, Martin Shanahan, at the Fishy Fishy restaurant in Kinsale.