Garda Investigation Did Not Have FoI Material*
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By Frank Connolly
Official documents obtained by
Village have revealed in considerable detail the manner in which a County Meath businessman was defrauded by a former employee in 2008 and 2009.
The documents, provided by Meath County Council following requests made under FOI, include a series of invoices provided under false pretences by a former employee of plant-hire provider, P Sheils Plant Hire of Duleek in County Meath.
As previously disclosed in
Village over the past two years, the owner of the company, Patrick Sheils, was never paid for a number of contracts he completed for MCC in 2008 and 2009. In July 2009, he discovered that two of his former employees had formed a company called PSPH Contracts Ltd. (using the initials of his company name) and had sought and obtained payment from MCC for work carried out by P Sheils Plant Hire.