James McShane sentenced for €36,000 charity theft

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James McShane was sentenced for stealing almost €36,000 from LifeRing Ireland at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 8 October 2020. He received 200 hours of community service instead of a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence. McShane had pleaded guilty to multiple thefts, false accounting charges and deception involving the addiction charity. The court was told he helped establish LifeRing Ireland and had repaid the money in full. Judge Elma Sheahan said the sum had been repaid and imposed the community-service order.