2023-03-21
'Family man' to be jailed after suspended sentence for laundering €120k is overturned
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Timmy O'Reilly (48), who has never filed a return to Revenue, also had a separate suspended sentence imposed on him for assault causing harm. Ms Justice Ní Raifeartaigh noted that O'Reilly's role in laundering the money was above that of two other connected men – his two sons – who also pleaded guilty to the offence, before saying that a custodial element was required and then re-sentenced O'Reilly. "The court emphasises that in circumstances where the underlying criminality was unknown, the case is sui generis [of its own kind] and unlikely to be of assistance in determining the appropriate sentence in future cases of money laundering," she added.