{"id":283891,"date":"2026-02-06T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/283891\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:27:11","slug":"educated-woman-with-potential-charged-with-money-laundering-at-limerick-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/283891\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Educated&#8217; woman &#8216;with potential&#8217; charged with money laundering at Limerick court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 43-YEAR-OLD \u201ceducated\u201d woman has appeared in court charged in connection with the alleged \u2018laundering\u2019 of over \u20ac1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Fidelma Hickey, who has an address at Thomondhouse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick city<\/a>, lost her job in 2024 due to her problems with addiction, Limerick District Court heard.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Patricia Harney said that \u201cthings appear to be going well\u201d for Ms Hickey, but she noted that her addiction remains to be a problem for her.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/motoring\/2006582\/limerick-motorist-caught-travelling-at-173kph-in-residential-area.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick motorist caught travelling at 173kph in residential area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon reviewing a Probation Report, the judge commented that Ms Hickey has \u201ca good structure around her\u201d. She added: \u201cUnlike many people before this court, she seems to be an educated person with potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following a short procedural hearing Judge Harney adjourned the matter to a date later this month.<\/p>\n<p>None of the facts relating to the alleged offending were outlined during the short hearing.<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 43-YEAR-OLD \u201ceducated\u201d woman has appeared in court charged in connection with the alleged \u2018laundering\u2019 of over \u20ac1,000.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,1396,44,36769,7250,43],"class_list":["post-283891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-courthouse","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}