Posted by Updated / Monday, 11 Nov 2024 19:09
A 41-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to providing false information at a registry office and garda stations in Cork in order to obtain an Irish passport for a child.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons under the Children’s Act, was due to go on trial at the Circuit Criminal Court in Cork but pleaded guilty to four offences when she was arraigned.
The woman is without previous convictions.
The offences to which she pleaded guilty include providing false information at the Civil Registration Office in Cork on 29 July 2009 regarding a claim that a named man was the biological father of her son; providing false information in relation to a passport application at Watercourse Road Garda Station on 29 July 2009 and 12 May 2017, and at Anglesea Street on 30 June 2012.
Free legal aid was previously granted in the case.
Defence barrister Marjorie Farrelly, SC, said that a number of reports were required prior to sentencing.
She stated that the offences were “historic” in nature and that her client would benefit from a psychiatric report.
Judge Dermot Sheehan extended legal aid to cover the relevant reports.
He remanded the woman on continuing bail.
She will be sentenced on 18 February 2025.
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