Campaign launched to help harassed Cork woman pay €26k legal bill

Laura O'Connell fought hard to build a new life after a successful corporate career was cut short by a life-threatening illness that left her in a coma.

Laura O’Connell at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for the sentencing of Sonya Egan, who harassed and stalked her. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

A businesswoman who was harassed by a woman who also harassed former Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien has had a GoFundMe page set up by friends to help her pay the crippling legal bill she has been left with.

Laura O’Connell faces a €26,000 legal bill after trying to protect herself from Sonya Egan. A lone parent who was battling a life-threatening illness before Egan began her cruel campaign of harassment, the stress of the ordeal has left Ms O’Connell unable to work.