Patrick Quinn receives suspended sentence for accountancy deception

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Patrick Quinn received an 18-month sentence, suspended in full for two years, for deception involving accountancy work. Judge Orla Crowe also ordered that €1,100 be paid to the victim. The proceedings were reported on 19 November 2025.

Quinn pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of deception committed between 14 and 21 May 2018. He entered the plea on his trial date.

A recruitment firm had paid Quinn €1,100 for end-of-year returns and other fiduciary work that was not completed. The firm missed a tax deadline and was struck off. The victim said she had to reapply to have it reinstated, and her impact statement referred to lost earnings and trouble with Revenue.

Detective Garda Sheila Sheehan told the court that Quinn could not be located but was found five years later after featuring on RTÉ’s Crimecall. He was located in 2023.

Quinn had 49 previous convictions, including 45 under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act 2001 and four for failing to appear. Judge Crowe described the offence as egregious and noted his lies and previous convictions. In mitigation, she noted that he had no convictions since 2018, was in a relationship and had €1,100 with him. She said he appeared to be leading a prosocial life.

Luigi Rea BL, defending, said Quinn had brought his gambling addiction under control in the previous year and attended Gamblers Anonymous. He said Quinn had previously spent more than three months in treatment but later returned to gambling and needed money to fund it.