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'Exceptional' Mary Cash avoids jail over bid to obtain fake passport for on-the-run ex
Summary
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Andrew Cash Senior, aged 58, of Whitechurch Heights, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, was sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to providing false information to Irish Passport Services. His daughter-in-law, Mary Cash, aged 35, formerly of Portlaoise, County Laois, received a fully suspended sentence of two and a half years for her involvement in the same offence, committed on 12 June 2019 at Balbriggan Passport Services office. The court heard that Cash Senior and Mary Cash assisted in obtaining a fraudulent passport application under a false name for Andrew Cash Junior, who has since fled the jurisdiction. Mary Cash travelled to Sligo using an assumed identity to acquire a birth certificate necessary for the application. Investigation revealed that a senior member of An Garda Síochána had also been implicated in stamping the false documents. Judge Roderick Maguire noted Cash Senior's 31 previous convictions but acknowledged his absence from garda attention since 2019 and efforts at self-improvement.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'Exceptional' Mary Cash avoids jail over bid to obtain fake passport for on-the-run ex. Charges or matters: providing the Irish Passport Services with information or documents that were known to be false or misleading on June 12, 2019 at the Balbriggan Passport Services office. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- June 12, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 2019 Incident
- 2026-04-24 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: providing the Irish Passport Services with information or documents that were known to be false or misleading on June 12, 2019 at the Balbriggan Passport Services office (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Roderick Maguire said Cash Senior was a "cog in the machine".
Convicted Person
Charges: providing the Irish Passport Services with information or documents that were known to be false or misleading on June 12, 2019 at the Balbriggan Passport Services office (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A father who was a "cog" in a criminal enterprise to obtain a fake passport for his on-the-run son has been jailed for two years, while his "exceptional" daughter-in-law has been spared a custodial sentence. Passing sentence today, Judge Roderick Maguire said Cash Senior was a "cog in the machine".
Places mentioned
- Whitechurch
- Whitechurch Heights
- Rathfarnham
- Dublin
- Harpurs Lane
- Portlaoise
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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