Former principal stole almost €100,000 from Limerick school to feed gambling addiction, court hears

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Stephen Condon given fully suspended 20-month prison sentence for thefts discovered in 2016

The court heard he stole the money from the school’s bank and credit union accounts in increments of between €400 and €2,000 between September 2012 and July 2016.

Condon, who has been teaching in another school for the past four years, was arrested on January 1st, 2021. A “long and insightful” report by the probation service highlighted how Condon’s gambling addiction had “completely spiralled out of control”, the court heard. He also noted Condon’s “fall from grace” and the “expressions of revulsion from society”, as well as “the devastation to his family dynamics because of his actions”.

 

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