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Details for Ronan O’Brien

Name

Ronan O’Brien

Address

Ronan O’Brien & Company, Solicitors, 69 Church Street, Cavan, Co Cavan

Date of Order

07/11/2019

Decision

In the matter of Ronan O’Brien, a solicitor practising as principal of Ronan O’Brien & Company, Solicitors, 69 Church Street, Cavan, Co Cavan, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015 [2018/DT88]

Law Society of Ireland (applicant)

Ronan O’Brien (respondent solicitor)

On 7 November 2019, the tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in that he, between March 2012 and February 2013, received a Social Welfare payment, to wit, Jobseekers Benefit, at a time when he ought to have known he was not entitled to receive such benefit.

The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor:

1) Stand censured,

2) Pay the sum of €3,000 to the compensation fund,

3) Pay a contribution of €4,000 towards the whole of the costs of the Law Society of Ireland.