Rats biggest pest problem
■ Katy ex said by judge last week to be ‘up to oxters’ in organised crime
videos of himself with his beloved American Bulldog as recently as early January.
He also posted an image last year of himself topless in a jacuzzi with the caption “44 forever young xx” as well as images of himself on the front cover of magazines from the Celtic Tiger years with the caption “Flashback”, and “Celtic Tiger Playboy Days xx”.
Another image in May 2021 showed him in a black jacket revealing his chest with a female model by his side. He captioned it: “Playboy of the Celtic Tiger is coming back as the Lion that ate the Covid Tiger”.
Last Wednesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens described Sweeney as “up to his oxters” in organised crime when he ruled on an application from the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seeking to deem Co Meath lands linked to Sweeney’s firm EWM Property Holdings Limited the proceeds of crime.
The judge said the bureau made out a “very compelling case” for him to rule that there was a “high degree of probability” that the site at Waynestown was acquired by EWM with crime proceeds.
The CAB alleged EWM purchased the land for €102,000 using, in part, cash from unknown sources, another investment company and from an innocent investor.
That money given by other investors was used for a different purpose meant the property was purchased with crime proceeds, the judge said. One of the investors, an apparent friend of Mr Sweeney, was “taken advantage of ”, with money she intended to invest redirected, he added.
Scheme
The judge said the firm appeared to be involved in what he described as a “highly dubious investment scheme”.
Sweeney is alleged to be the director and founder of EWM and Evergreen Wealth Management Limited, the latter of which accepted €721,000 worth of cash lodgements from unknown sources between 2014 and 2020,
CAB alleged.
The Bureau alleged convicted heroin dealer Brian Grendon, of Rowlagh Park, Clondalkin,
Dublin, invested €20,000 in Evergreen in 2015 through his company BG Autos.
The bureau said it suspects Grendon invested significantly higher cash amounts in Evergreen. Grendon was not a party to CAB’s proceedings. the
RODENTS were the most problematic pests for Irish people last year, a top pest company has revealed.
Rentokil Ireland has urged home and business owners to be extra vigilant during the winter months as rats and mice tend to move indoors looking for shelter, warmth, and food when it’s cold, spreading deadly diseases such as Hantavirus.
Dublin was the busiest followed closely by Cork, Kerry, Galway, and Mayo.