Tallaght cleaner stole nearly €2k from safe

By Brendan Grehan

A CLEANER who stole nearly €2,000 from a safe in a hair-dressing salon to pay for cocaine is going into residential drug treatment, Tallaght Court has heard.

The court had heard that on May 27, 2015,Ciara Farrelly was working as a cleaner in Peter Mark in The Square when she opened the safe and took €1,790 in cash.

She also stole a staff members watch worth €275 and €30 from Style Club where she was also working as a cleaner.

Farrelly, aged 27, with an address at Rossfield Park, Tallaght, had pleaded guilty to stealing €30 in coinage and stealing a Guess watch worth €275 from The Style Club, The Square, Tallaght, on May 27, 2015. She had also pleaded guilty to stealing €1,790 in cash from Peter Mark, The Square, on the above date.

The court had heard that Farrelly had been using cocaine and heroin and is now on methadone.

Farrelly was before Judge Patricia McNamara for payment of compensation and a probation report.

Judge McNamara said Farrelly had not engaged with the probation services.

Farrelly’s counsel, Gabby Deane Bl, said her client is now on 75mls of methadone and had been on 85mls.

She said Farrelly is hoping to get a place on a residential drug treatment course.

Judge McNamara said she would remand the case for six weeks to see if Farrelly had got a place on the course.