Catherine O’Brien was not only a financial fraudster but also a romance fraudster. Find out how she conned her lover out of €20,000 and tried to ensure his family signed a contract which asked that they would not “conduct any drive bys” of his house while she was there.

Despite a relationship which appeared to be blossoming, this was one built on suspicion, suspense and intrigue and did not promise a happy-ever-after. But it brought a new playground for Catherine, with new friends to impress and new people to inveigle into business plans, with her focus switching from floristry to veterinary thanks to her new connections in Co Clare.

She told her newfound friends of having bought a pub in west Clare, and advertised positions for the venue – but the jobs did not exist because she had not made the purchase. However, she had prestige as a business woman who had a home in Dungarvan and connections which secured corporate boxes in Croke Park. She was someone who appeared to have it all.

But did she have it all? Who was this woman who had infiltrated the social scene in west Clare and earned the trust of people who later regretted having met her?

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