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Cash in the Attic: Senior Cartel lieutenant Declan Brady admits to stashing €268k

Date
2021-04-23

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Naas

County
Kildare

Summary

Declan Brady, Deirdre Brady, and Erika Lukacs appeared before the Special Criminal Court, where Brady pleaded guilty to concealing €268,940 in cash in the attic of a Naas property on January 24, 2017. Prosecutors indicated that additional pleas from all three accused are required. Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding with Judges Sarah Berkeley and David McHugh, remanded Brady in custody for a sentence hearing scheduled for June 14. The matter was adjourned to that date. Previously, in July 2019, Brady was sentenced to 11.5 years for possessing an arsenal of firearms and ammunition at a Dublin business park. Deirdre Brady and Erika Lukacs, who were originally charged with 52 money laundering offences, each pleaded guilty to one count on April 13. Deirdre Brady admitted to concealing the source of funds in a Permanent TSB account between 2014, while Erika Lukacs admitted to similar offences regarding an Allied Irish Bank account in 2012. Both women were remanded in custody for the June 14 sentence hearing. The court proceedings remain at the sentencing stage, with final disposals pending the upcoming hearing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Cash in the Attic: Senior Cartel lieutenant Declan Brady admits to stashing €268k. Charges or matters: possessing nine revolvers, four semi-automatic pistols, a sub-machine gun, an assault rifle and 1,355 rounds of ammunition in suspicious circumstances at a fake business premises with an address at Unit 52, Block 503, Grants Drive, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co Dublin, on January 24, 2017; two crime cash laundering offences; 36 non-scheduled offences and Ms Lukacs charged with 16 non-scheduled offences; one count on the indictment; concealing or disguising the true nature or source of money credited to a Permanent TSB Account on various dates between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014, within the State, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property, in the names of Declan Brady and Deirdre Brady, was the proceeds of criminal conduct. Proced

When:

July 2019 Incident
January 1, 2012 Incident
January 24, 2017 Incident
June 14 Adjournment
February 19 Adjournment
January 1, 2014 Incident
December 31, 2016 Incident
April 13 Hearing Or Sentence
December 31, 2014 Other
December 31, 2012 Other
2021-04-23 Publication

Case subjects

Deirdre Brady

Accused

Charges: possessing nine revolvers, four semi-automatic pistols, a sub-machine gun, an assault rifle and 1,355 rounds of ammunition in suspicious circumstances at a fake business premises with an address at Unit 52, Block 503, Grants Drive, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co Dublin, on January 24, 2017; two crime cash laundering offences; 36 non-scheduled offences and Ms Lukacs charged with 16 non-scheduled offences; one count on the indictment; concealing or disguising the true nature or source of money credited to a Permanent TSB Account on various dates between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014, within the State, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property, in the names of Declan Brady and Deirdre Brady, was the proceeds of criminal conduct (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge David McHugh remanded Brady in custody for a sentence hearing on June 14.; Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge David McHugh remanded Brady in custody for a sentence hearing on June 14.

Erika Lukacs

Co Accused

Plea: Guilty