‘To interfere with that system is a serious matter’

A MAN who went on the run 14 years ago got a passport under a different name in an effort to “break the cycle of criminal offending”, a court has heard, reports Isabel Hayes.

Patrick Doran (35) lived abroad in several countries with his wife and family after he absconded from the State in 2012, but when he was pulled over in Sweden for a minor road traffic offence, he decided to apply for an Irish passport under a different name, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Friday.